"Due to the historic links with Poole our Parish Clerk does get
quite frequent enquiries from the USA and Canada, including
Newfoundland to undertake searches. Some can be done in the Church
but others have to be referred to the County Archives at Dorchester.
We hold up to 100 year records."

Index of names as spelled in
the records

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(pop. 1986, 103). A community in Blackhead Bay,
approximately 20 km southwest of Bonavista. Knights Cove was probably
first settled in the 1790s or early 1800s by families from nearby
King's Cove qv. At that time King's Cove was growing rapidly and
several outlying coves were settled for shore space to prosecute the
inshore fishery. A local tradition has it that Knights Cove was
originally known as Night Cove, and that the inhabitants of King's
Cove caroused there in the evenings in order to avoid ``dirtying
their own nest.''

Settlement was also attracted to Knights Cove by the
availability of land for gardens and livestock, as surplus produce
found a ready market in King's Cove. Families that moved from King's
Cove included the Aylwards, Ryans and Walshes. Family tradition has
it that Vincent Ricketts arrived from England c.1825, establishing
what remained the dominant family name in the community in 1990.
Knights Cove had a population of 48 by the first Census in 1836. By
1857 the number of inhabitants had risen to 96 people, occupying nine
fishing rooms, with two full-time farmers and four lumbermen. There
was a Roman Catholic school/chapel between Knights Cove and Stock
Cove qv.

By 1884, with King's Cove in its heyday as a
commercial centre, the population of Knights Cove had risen to 157.
Although the community earlier had a mix of Catholic and Protestant
inhabitants, by 1884 it was almost exclusively Roman Catholic, as
Church of England residents had either moved or (like the Ricketts
family) converted to Catholicism.

In the twentieth century lumbering increased in
importance as a source of employment and many Knights Cove residents
began to work outside the community. By Confederation the local
inshore fishery had all but died and the community's population began
to decline.

Dear Allen,

First let me thank you for sending the information on the Kings,
Butts and Knights. I had some of this information but not all of it.

One of the items that I do have is a copy of W. John Butt's
manuscript on the Butt Family.

I have had a long interest in the Butt family as my Great great
Grandmother was Dorothy Butt. And it is through her that I begin my
association with the Butts of Black Head, Broad Cove, Adam's Cove area.

Dorothy was the daughter of one Thomas Butt who moved to Black Head
from Broad Cove upon recieving land from "his
mother-in-law." according to plantation records. The citation
you gave me about the marriage of a Knight to a Lawrence was of
particular interest.

Thomas Butt (my great great great grandfather) inherited land in
Black Head from his mother-in-law as did Mr. Lawence. Apparently both
men married into a family with property in Black Head and both
benified when their mother-in-law died (information from Plantation
Book). They were brother-in-laws it would appear. So the children of
Thomas Butt and Mr Lawrence were cousins. Thomas Butt was likely the
uncle of Eleanor or her cousin. My gr gr great grand father names one
of his sons Thomas so it could be either Sr or Jr who was a witness.
Of course it could be a totally different person but given the close
association of Butts and Lawrences, it is a good possiblitiy, I think.

It is also my guess that the Butts, Kings and Knights have some early
close associations. I have many King/Butt marriages but not many
Knight/King or Butt/Knight marragies for the Black Head, Broad Cove families.

The first Butt and King to arrive in this area were William Butt and
Willam King. Both were recorded by the Fishing Admiral as being in
Broad Cove in 1750 (K Matthews Files). I believe they came "down
the shore" from Carbonear. Willam Butt may have had at least 3
children: William, Thomas (my ancester) and George. This is based on
scant evidence.

William King and wife Elizabeth had at least 4 children: John,
William, Edward and Frances. From Williams will I know that not only
did he have these children but 3 of his brothers had moved to Broad
Cove and were living at the time he died (abt 1828): Thomas, James,
and Edward.

Now I am speculating on the last name of William King's wife. As I
have noted William had four children that I can document. John,
William, Edward and Frances.

When I saw the information on the Gibbb's home page that cited a card
(cited by you below) about uncle John and aunt Fanny (King), I was
convinced this was a possible clue to a Knight connection as they
shared a Grandfather Knight. One important way that this could be is
if "grandfather Knight's" daughter had married William King.
Obviously we would need much more documentation to be substantiated.

" I have no lineage for any Knights other than that reputedly on
a card written last century from the Isle of Jersey to Alfred Erling
King (my NF relative as noted below), signed "your cousin C.
Knight", in which card it is stated about my NF Kings: "The
Kings were Jersey men". The same card refers to "Uncle
John", "Aunt Fanny", and "Grandfather Knight".

May be a very different family but I have the same named children
however for William King of Broad Cove not Edward as Gibbs states.

If Gibbs is correct it is very possible that William's brother Edward
may have given his children the same names as did William (not so
uncommon a thing in NFLD as you must know.) Ah so much is a mystery.
sue tactics@inreach.com

VIN(N)ICOMBE

Surnames of England from the English place name Vin(n)icombe (Devon) (Spiegelhalter)

1246 "Newfoundland
and Jersey" In the English Channel is a group of islands, the
chief of which is called Jersey. When the Romans invaded Britain
these islands were called Caesarea, in honour of Claudius Caesar.
This was shortened into Jersey. Their men were great sea rovers. As
early as 1246 it is recorded that ships from Jersey were engaged in
the Iceland fisheries. The Jersey settlers in Newfoundland always
maintained that Cabot learned of this western island from Jersey
sailors. On the north coast of the island of Jersey there are three
places lying near each other in this order -- St. John's Bay, Petit
Port and Bouley Bay. Can it be coincidence that in Newfoundland we
have St. John's, Petty Harbour and Bay Bulls (formerly Bouley Bay)
appearing in the same order as these Jersey harbours? Jersey is
divided into twelve parishes. Many of these parish names are
prominent in Newfoundland, such as St. Mary's, St. Lawrence and
Trinity. In the Jersey islands there were in those days no safe
winter harbours or mooring places, and Brehat, Conche and Croque on
the Norman coast were used. All these are Newfoundland names. Gouffre
is a name to be found both here and in Jersey. Our harbour known as
Heliers was formerly called St. Helier, the name of the chief town in
Jersey. Blanc Pignon and Cormorant are of Jersey origin. Carbonear is
Charbonier -- that is, charcoal, pits for which are known to have
been made there by Jersey men. Harbour Grace was Havre de Grace. Bay
Roberts was Baie de Roberts, showing Jersey origin, as does Priaulx
Hill in that town. Bauline is from Baleine, a village in the Jersey
island, which it strongly resembles. Family names from Conception Bay
tell the same story. Gushue, Puddister,
Perchard, Hookey, Le Grow, Fillier, Hawco, Nicholle, Piccott, Furey,
Norman, Noel, Le Drew, Gosselin, Grouchy, Murrin, Curnew
are all names peculiar to Jersey, although many of these people have
no knowledge from whence their forefathers came. St. Shotts and St.
Shores were formerly named St. Jacques and St. George. The French
pronunciation of these two names is responsible for the corruption.
It is not likely that the French would have named a place after the
patron saint of England, whereas the Channel Islanders would. Colinet
is peculiar to Jersey, and Marquise
is probably from La Marquise
near by. Paradise, Croney Island, Corbin, Villeneuve Island (Burin),
Fortune and Harbour Mille are all of Channel Island origin. Millers
Passage is probably Mouilliers.
Mose Ambrose is Mon
Jambe. Pass Island is Passee Island.
Hermitage also is a Jersey name. Channel Island names on the south
coast include Messervy, Clement, Pays,
Tessier, Le Messurier, Grandy, Lesbirel, Dumeresque, Le Feuvre,
Hulon, Ayre, St. Croix, Cabot, De-la-cour, Renouf, Berteau, Du Tot,
Le Marquand, Le Drew, Bonnell, Knight, Hue, Lambert, Sacrey, Bisson,
Beaucamp, Chevalier and many, many more.
Gaultois is old Norman for pinnacle. Ramea recalls the old Norman for
vetches. St. Aubin and St. Helier, hills near Rencontre, are called
after two towns in Jersey. "H. W. Le
Messurier" (1848-1932) Barbara Pederson

[In Newfoundland], "Knight"
was named as one of the "more temporally durable Poole families
associated with the fishery as shipowners, captains, mariners, or
fishermen". From "Soe longe as
there comes no women" by W. Gordon Handcock: Barbara Pederson

1504 Channel Islanders believed to be on the
small Norman sailing vessels that were in the habit of visiting the
coast of Newfoundland and adjacent waters from as early as 1504. (ENGLAND
IN AMERICA, by Tyler, Vol. 4)

1600 "After the drowning of his
half-brother [Sir Humphrey Gilbert] at the age of forty-eight, Sir
Walter Raleigh obtained a grant of a large plantation in
Newfoundland. According to the Jersey historian, A.C. Saunders, when
Raleigh became governor of the Channel Island of Jersey in 1600 he
induced the sailormen of Jersey to start fishing in and around St.
John's, 'a territory over which he was Lord'."
"The Oldest City", the story of St. John's by Paul O'Neill.
Barbara Pederson

1602 "In spite of obstacles and drawbacks
settlement in Newfoundland was ahead of New England. It was not until
15 May 1602 that Captain Bartholomew Goswold became
the first white man on record to set foot in New England... By 1609
St. John's was already a place of trade and commerce. That year Henry
Hudson, the ill-fated navigator and
explorer, called in for supplies. He did the same in 1614."
"The Oldest City", the story of St. John's by Paul O'Neill.
Do you suppose he also called in to pick up a certain Mr. Knight?
Regardless, even if James Knight was
aboard at the time, and lived in England, he indirectly had a
connection with Nfld. Maybe he was a rleative of John
Knight at Salvage in 1675. Barbara
Pederson

1605:John Cunningham,
James Hall and John
Knight, in three ships, explore the west
coast of Greenland for Christian IV, of Denmark. A French trading
post was established at Port Royal (Annapolis), Nova Scotia by Samuel
de Champlain and the sieur de
Poutrincourt. Weymouth explores the New England coast to find a place
where English Catholics (unwanted in Protestant England) could found
a settlement. Hudson may have used Weymouth's logs of this voyage and
charts for his own 1609 voyage.. http://www.georgian.net/rally/hudson/hudson1.html

1606:John Knight,
in the Hopewell, searches for the Northwest Passage along the coast
of Labrador. James Hall,
with five ships, is sent by Christian IV of Denmark to Greenland to
Conduct mineralogical explorations. The first charter is granted to
the Virginia Company, named after the 'Virgin Queen' Elizabeth I. Pero
Fernandes de Queiros discovers the New
Hebrides Islands. Willem Janzoon discovers
Australia. Luis Van Torres
explores the coastline of New Guinea. http://www.georgian.net/rally/hudson/hudson1.html

1606 Record 35 Title: The Voyages of Sir
James Lancaster, Kt., to the East Indies
microform : with abstracts of journals of voyages to the East Indies
during the seventeenth century, preserved in the India office, and
the voyage of Captain John Knight
(1606) to seek the North-West Passage / edited by Clements R.
Markham. Publisher:London : Hakluyt Society, 1877 (London : T.
Richards) The account of Lancaster's voyages are reprinted from:
Hakluytus posthumus, or, Purchas his pilgrimes, by Samuel Purchas.
The account of Knight's voyage is reprinted from his own journal--Cf.
Introd.Added title, p. 279: Journal of the voyage of John Knight to
see the North-West Passage, 1606. http://www.unb.ca/UNB/
Barbara Pederson

1606 Knight, John
( ?-1606). Explorer. While exploring coastal Labrador as commander of
the Hopewell in June 1606, Knight was
forced to go ashore near Nain when his ship was damaged in a storm.
The shore party -- consisting of Knight, his brother Gabriel and two
other companions -- was never heard of again, as they were abandoned
by the ship's crew, ostensibly because of threatening ice conditions
and hostile Inuit. Nothing is known of Knight before 1605, when as an
English navigator he was captain of the Marekatten or Katten for a
Danish expedition to Greenland. Engaged by East Indies and Russian
companies, he visited Labrador the next year in search of a northwest
passage, with the intention of exploring throughout the summer and
camping for the winter. Knight's journal of his final voyage was
continued by a crewmember after his disappearance and was published
in the 1877 edition of The voyages of Sir
James Lancaster, Kt., to the East Indies
... and the voyage of Captain John Knight (1606) to seek the
North-West Passage (editor C.R. Markham). http://enl.cuff.nf.ca/entry/53/5302.htm

April 19, 1606 : Hudson, his 16-year-old
son John (possibly 14) and ten crew members prayed at St.
Ethelburga's church, near London Bridge, now one of the oldest
churches in London. The crew also included: William
Collins (mate); James Young; John
Colman (b o'sun); John Cooke; James Beuberry; James
Skrutton; John Pleyce (Playse); Thomas Baxter;
Richard Day; James Knight.

1607 Excerpt from Henry Hudson story: Anno
1607, Aprill the nineteenth, at Saint Ethelburge, in Bishops Gate
street, did communicate with the rest of the Parishoners these
persons, seamen, purposing to goe to sea four days after, for to
discover a passage by the North Pole to Japan and China. First, Henry
Hudson, master. Secondly, William
Colines, his mate. Thirdly, James
Young. Fourthly, John
Colman. Fiftly, John
Cooke. Sixtly, James
Beubery. Seventhly, James
Skrutton. Eightly, John
Pleyce. Ninthly, Thomas
Baxter. Tenthly, Richard
Day. Eleventhly, James
Knight. Twelfthly,
John Hudson, a boy. http://www.georgian.net/rally/hudson/hudson1.html

April 19, 1607Hudson,
his 16-year-old son John (possibly 14) and ten crew members prayed
at St. Ethelburga's church, near London Bridge, now one of the oldest
churches in London. The crew also included: William
Collins (mate); James
Young; John Colman
(b o'sun); John Cooke;
James Beuberry; James
Skrutton; John
Pleyce (Playse); Thomas
Baxter; Richard Day;
James Knight. http://www.georgian.net/rally/hudson/hudson1.html

1608 'Thomas Le Merchant,
agent in Spain of James De Beauvoir,
. . - later traded on his own account with Newfoundland, for on June
6, 1608, the Royal Court of Guernsey granted him permission to
transport out of the Island, as provision for his ship--aux parties
de Terre Neuve--ten thousand biscuits, provided that, should during
the following summer, the harvest prove poor and the necessity of the
island require it, he should supply 80 quarters of wheat, local
measure, of good quality, to be sold to the Islanders at the current
prive of 12 sous sterling per quarter.' (OLD
TIME NEWFOUNDLAND, papers of H. W. Le Messurier, edited by C. R. Pay, 1955)

Jan. 10, 1614 "Col. Sir Thomas Temple ,Gov. of
Nova Scotia (including that part of Me. as far south and west as St.
George's and Muscongus), bp. 10 Jan. 1614, s. of Sir John Temple of
Stanton Bury, co. Bucks. On 20 Sept. 1656 Sir Charles St. Etienne
made over to Temple and Wm. Crowne his interests in Nova Scotia,
which gr. was confirmed by Cromwell and Temple app. gov. He came over
in 1657, At the restoration of Charles II his claims were disputed,
but, on his personal appearance in Eng., upheld. Created baronet 7
July and a new commission as gov. issued 10 July 1662. When by the
Treaty of Breda Charles II ceded Nova Scotia to the French, Temple
was commanded to transfer the territory, which order was not entirely
fulfilled until 1670. He retired to Boston and became a benefactor of
Harvard College. He [p.677] d. in London 27 Mar. 1674, s.p. For his
two wills see Temple Gen., by Temple Prime, 1894, pp. 61-65. Lists 2,
3. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New
Hampshire page 677

John Temple, her late husband, was captured by pirates on several
occasions during the last three years. In 1611, he lost goods worth
L85 in the Goodwill of London on a voyage to Ireland and Calais. In
1612, Captain Easton and his consorts captured him in the Marye and
John of Sandwich on a voyage to Faro, whereby he lost gods worth
50 and ____ pounds. Then in May 1613, when Master of a
small ship, the Peter of London, he was captured off the coast of
Barbary by 3 ships of war manned by Turks and Moors, and 4
christians. He was taken to Sallee in Barbary and so misused that he
died within 8 days. One of the crew was murdered, the rest tortured,
and the boy forced to be circumcised and turn Turk. Tenple lost L120
in the Peter and his widow and small children are in great poverty.

William Monsones, Richard March, John Busfield, Ralph Bradshawe,
Edward Stevens, Michael Miryvall, Brian Tashe, Lewis Taites, James
Benet, Jo. Graves, William Beck, Richard Harris, Robert Bence,
Michael Johns [ _____ ], at the request of their neighbours, certify
the truth of this which is known to most of the addresses who are
asked to petition the lord chancellor for letters patent for a
collection in the Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Westminster,
Canterbury and Chicester. The THOMAS COLES COLLECTION http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/8173/eastonsvics.html

1617 Birth year of "Treworgye John(1), Mr., merchant, Kittery,
ag. 33 in Mar. 1650-1, appar. here 5 May 1636 when Thomas Bradbury,
agent for Sir F. Gorges, deeded to Edw. Johnson for use of J. T. of
Dartmouth 500 a. described in Y. D. 1: 11. In 1678 Mr. Johnson depos.
that the land was puch. by J. T. as Mr. Alexander Shapleigh's agent
and for A. S.'s sole use. Bondsman for Mr. Thomas Spencer at Saco ct.
in Feb. 1636-7, and appar. here steadily until ±1651. In 1644 he
held Nicholas Shapleigh's p/a while S. went to Eng. Cor.j. 1647;
tr.j. 1647. Having failed in a contract to deliver fish, he pledged
Kit. prop. to Major Sedgwick (Y. D. 1: 3: 9); in 1649 ack. a
transaction done for his uncle in Newb.; depos. in Boston 25 Oct.
1650, and of Dartmouth, depos. 19 Mar. 1650-1 ab. the -Prosperous-
coming to N. E. ±1640 when he had been here ±5 yrs. In Apr.
1651 named on a Newfoundland commission, not seen here again except
in Lists 72, 73, 78, 80, and was of Dartmouth in Apr. 1654. See also
all references under (1). He m. Penelope Spencer (see 3, 4) 15 Jan.
164-, in Newb., where a s. John was rec. 12 Aug. 1649. Only other
known ch: James.

1620 "My name is Patrick Payne and I am a Payn family researcher
after having established that my family most likely originated from
Jersey before coming to America beginning in the 16th century at
Roanoke. At about the same time, I have found evidence suggesting
they were at Newfoundland too (St. John's) by 1620, but I suspect I
will find them in musters with HAWKINS, FROBISHER, and/or DRAKE if I
ever locate records naming crews. The PAYN's are an ancient family of
Jersey and have held offices of some form or another since its
recorded history. They married into most of the noted families of the
island including DUMARESQ, LEMPRIERE, de CARTERET, MESSERVY, and even
CABOT. Later at the end of the 16th and then throughout the 17th,
they can be found with the gentry of Devon and members of the various
company's of London. At this point, I am convinced I have enough
evidence (for me anyway) to connect my family of Maryland circa 1660,
to several of the Virginia branches of PAYNE's, and even PAYNE's of
Massachusetts through a network of families they were involved with.
Many of those names you will recognize.

I am currently attempting to write a book on the subject and would
welcome any input and thoughts. This is one tough nut to crack
because while I feel I have a preponderance of evidence to support
me, I have yet to find records that specifically name these PAYNE's
as members of the same family. To date, all I have is that they
maintained relationships with families of this network for hundreds
of years in several cases. Please have a visit to my new web site at http://papayne.rootsweb.com
for more details and lots of records that I am working on daily. I
have taken this project up full time. Patrick Payne" papayne@mindspring.com

1628 /17/ 105. To
the wise and learned S.B.K.Knight.

A poet rich, a Iudge, and a Iust man,

In few but you, are all these found in one.Quodlibets
(1628) - by Robert Hayman http://www.mun.ca/rels/hrollmann/relsoc/texts/hayb1.html

Jan. 17, 1639 "Whereas the Merchants Masters and Owners of the
ship Neptune haue by their Petition presented to the board, being
desirous to send the said shipp for New England, and thence to
Newfound land, and so to Spaine, for wines to bring for Bristoll and
having fraighted her with Passengers and Prouisions are here
underwritten -------"17 Jan, 1639 Vol 14, page 388 NEHGR

Jan. 17, 1639 "Whereas George Foxcroft and other Merchants
trading to New England, Spane, &c. and the owners of the shipp
Desire of New England did by their Pets represent that haueing
Estates lying in NewEngland aforesaid, in Clapboards pipoe staus,
hoopes, fish and other comodities, and intending to buy fish in the
Newfound Land to transport into Spaine and other places; --------
Vol. 14, page 339 NEHGR

1632 "The
policy of scuttle is supposed to be one of the products of modern
English statesmanship, but a knowledge of the dealings of the Stuarts
with the English dominions in America will convince us that they
fairly rivalled the nineteenth century rulers of England in this
line. Sir David Kirke
and a few gallant adherents had won Nova Scotia for the Crown of
England; British sovereigns claimed the country by right of
discovery; James I. had made a grant of it to the eccentric Sir
William Alexander; Englishmen had it in possession; the young
colonies of New England clamoured for its retention as a barrier
against their ruthless foes, the French; yet, at the peace of St.
Germains, 1632, notwithstanding England was then in possession of the
principal French territories in North America--Quebec, Port Royal,
St. Croix, and Pentagoet--by the thirteenth article of the treaty,
all these places were restored to France.

Cromwell felt the loss of Nova Scotia so keenly that,
even though at peace with France, he re-occupied the Colony, and sent
out a Governor, Sir Thomas Temple. In 1662 Charles II. intended to
give it back to France, but New England sent such a spirited petition
to the House of Commons, that the treacherous hand of the king was
stayed for a time; by the treaty of Breda, however, Charles ceded
Nova Scotia again to the French; the stout, old Governor
Temple stood out; he and his adherents had
spent large sums of money on the fortifications, and the country was
not finally surrendered to our enemies until 1670. In the policy of
scuttle, the Stuarts have a fair claim to pre-eminence. http://www.cuff.com/prowse/page/147.htm

Lester Knight
was a Pirate Captain out of the Jersey Isle, Sir
Thomas Knight was a judge and Sir
Edward Knight was an Admiral in the
Royal Navy.Letter
11/96 from lester Knight..

1650 By this time there were a number of ships, manned
by Channel Islanders that sailed between the Channel Islands,
Newfoundland and New England. Marblehead, Mass. was their largest
settlement in the American Colonies- Many of the Islanders by this
time may have settled in small coves around southern and eastern Newfoundland.

1657 Jean Chevalier, born at La Rochelle 1657; married at La Rochelle
1680; resident at the Grande Greve since 1694; three shallops

: Francoise Greze, his wife

: two daughters (1698) one born 1686

: a son (1698), born 1691 Recencement Gerneral des habitans de
Plaisance en I'Isle de Terre Neuve ve 1698, drawn up at Rochefort in
France by one De Brisacier on December 2, 1698. Besides adding fresh
detail to the profile of the planter families at Plaisance itself,
this post d'Iberville census extended north to include Petit
Plaisance with is own Grande and Petite Greves, and south to include
the single barachois settlement at Pointe Verte. http://www.schoolnet.ca/collections/more/placentia/camplant.htm

In 1662 Charles II. intended to give it back to
France, but New England sent such a spirited petition to the House of
Commons, that the treacherous hand of the king was stayed for a time;
by the treaty of Breda, however, Charles ceded Nova Scotia again to
the French; the stout, old Governor Temple stood out; he and his
adherents had spent large sums of money on the fortifications, and
the country was not finally surrendered to our enemies until 1670. In
the policy of scuttle, the Stuarts have a fair claim to pre-eminence.

1667 ;This year was formed the Hudson's Bay Company,
in London, ;England. One of the founders and directors was Sir
George Carteret of Jersey, "the
guiding mind in the beginning of the enterprise. " (THE
REMARKABLE HISTORY OF THE HUDSON'S BY COMPANY, by George Bryce,
London, 1-900)

1671 "John Knight is born to John Knight and
Elizabeth ? in Withicombe, Devon" Keith
Mathew's files, Maritime History Archives, Memorial University, St.
John's NFLD

1675 Family traditions: Some Butts moved from the
North Shore of Conception Bay to Pouch Cove between 1820 and
1835...Early instances: Roger Butt,
of Carbonear, 1675... Roger, of Freshwater (Carbonear), 1770...Seary
/ Barbara Pederson

The following is the census info on Roger
Butt for the years 1675,1677, 1678 and
1681. By the way he was in Crocker's Cove not Freshwater, but
Crockers Cove is only a few hundred yards south of Freshwater. These
census were ordered by the Governor of Nfld to determine how many
permanent settlers there were and to determine ways to evict them
from Nfld as they were providing competition for the west country
merchants and fishing enterprises.

In these census the names of wives, children and
servants are not given.davewells19@hotmail.com

In Gordon Handcock's book, "Soe longe as there
comes noe women", pg 46, BUTT is listed as one of the defenders
of Carbonear Island. Ruth (Pigott) Harper, U.E., rharper@eagle.ca

1675 Barbara Pederson wrote
"You mentioned Knight's Cove is listed in the Distinct of
Trinity. MacAlpine's Directory of St. John's. From my notes from a
book on Newfoundland settlement by the English, says about the naming
of some communities: "Some Bonavista Bay nomenclature which
appears to be linked with seventeenth-century settlers include...
Knight's Cove (John Knight-
Bonavista 1675 (
see map )." I would say that Knight's
Cove was settled previous to the arrival of James
Knight.

1675 Salvadge

John Chambers 0 1 5

Richd Stocks & Wife 1 1 5

Jon. Prichard & Wife 1 1 5

Jon. Pett & Wife 2 2 11

Jon. Knight & Wife 4 2 11

John Warren 0 2 11

John Berry's Census of 1675

The Names of the English inhabitants with the number
of their boats, men, wives, and children. "Decks Awash" March/April
1987:

SQUIRE(S), surnames of England. Traced in Bedfordshire, Devon,
Leicestershire, Rutlandshire and Nottinghamshire. In Newfoundland:
Family traditions: George Squire, from Winterborne Zelstone (Dorset),
settled at Catalina; he later moved to Salvage (Bonavista Bay). His
son Joseph, from Salvage, was the first settler of Eastport in 1868.
Apollus Squires, from England, settled at Greenspond. ---- Squires,
from Ireland, settled in the St. John's area. Early instances:

Benjamin Squires, of Bay Roberts, 1765, property "in possession
of the Family for more than 90 years", that is, before 1675;

Benjamin Squire, of Great Belle Isle, (now Bell Island), 1770;

John Squires, fisherman of Torbay, 1794-5, "24 years in
Newfoundland", that is, 1770-1;

William, shoreman of St. John's, 1794-5, "20 years in
Newfoundland", that is, 1774-5;

1676 John Knight, of
Salvage (
see map) 1676;From
E.R. Seary's "Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland":
Barbara Pederson

1676 ((3.) John
Knight - arrived from England around 1676,
settled in or near Salvage, Nfld (
see map)., brought with him 2 boats, 11
servants, and wife and 4 children. 2.) John
Knight - led an expedition in search of a
northwest passage in 1606. notes by Robert Knight

1676 "James Knight 1640 - 1719 James Knight spent
an eventful 40 years in the service of Hudson's Bay Company. Joining
the Company in 1676 as a staff Carpenter, he proved himself so
intelligent and capable that within six years he was named Chief
Factor (commander of the post) at Fort Albany on the west shore of
James Bay.

Through hard work and business savvy Knight continued
to rise through the Company's ranks. In 1711, he became the only
overseas man to be granted a seat on the London Committee. He also
became wealthy enough to eventually purchase HBC stock in 1697.

The most intriguing story surrounding James Knight
involves a Chipewyan woman named Thanadelthur. Captured by the Cree
as a young girl, Thanadelthur escaped some time later and found her
way into Knight's service as a translator. She befriended him and
often told alluring tales of rich mineral deposits, promising to take
him there someday. This promise however, would never be fulfilled.

Before her death, Thanadelthur told Knight about a
broad strait of water in the north where tides ebbed and flowed. To
Knight this description sounded like the elusive North West passage,
the lure of every explorer. Knight was also curious about the tales
of yellow mettle and black pitch which he
took as references to gold and tar.

Because of Thanadelthur's stories, Knight (now in his
seventies) rushed to England in 1718 full of excitement to organize
an expedition to discover these treasures. There he was granted two
vessels, the Albany and the Discovery and in 1719 set sail in search
of the North West Passage and gold.

The expedition and James Knight never returned.

Forty-eight years later explorers Joseph
Stephens and Samuel
Hearne discovered the wreckage of Knight's
two ships off the coast of Marble Island near Rankin Inlet on the
northwest shore of Hudson Bay. Area natives confirmed that Knight and
his men had been driven ashore and stranded by a winter storm.

After the second winter on this island, illness had
reduced the survivors to only two men. The natives recorded that each
day the two men would go down to the shore, look off in the distance
and wait for rescue. At length, one of the men died and the second
was so exhausted that he died while digging his friend's grave.

Knight's disappearance still remains one of the
Arctic's enduring mysteries. Marble Island is well within sight of
the mainland. Why then, did Knight and his men not try to reach the
shore? Didn't Knight know that the HBC post at Churchill was only a
four day's sail away? Why were no efforts made to rescue the men?

Whatever the reasons, Knight's disastrous expedition
only served to reinforce HBC's decision to do nothing to expand its
holdings around Hudson Bay. Found at:
http://www.hbc.com/history/jknight.htm Ambassadress of Peace by
Franklin Arbuckel. HBCA Barbara Pederson

Aug. 16, 1676James
Knight arrives in Rupert's Land as a
carpenter and shipswright in his twenties to work for the Hudson Bay
Company. Dead Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

1677 Philippe Valpy dit Janvrin.
Born in St. Brelade, Jersey, the third son of Jacques
Valpy dit Janvrin and
Marie Le Couteur. c.1700 Engaged in trading
with Newfoundland and in New England where his brother, John
Janvrin, was a settler of some prominence
(1707) in Dover, New Hampshire. (John married Elizabeth
Knight) 1710 (Sept). Married Elizabeth,
the daughter of Philippe Orange
of St. Brelade, Jersey. (Ship Owner and Gaspé trader)
1721. Returning to Jersey, as Master of the Esther in
September of this year Philippe Janvrin was
obliged to spend a quarantine period off-shore - the vessel
had visited Bordeaux and Nantes in France where a virulent
plague was endemic. He dropped anchor just off Belcroute in the west
of St. Aubins bay where just a few days later he himself
succumbed to the illness and, aged 44 years, died. The Jersey
Authorities were unwilling to allow his body to be brought ashore but
give instructions that a burial could take place on a little
(uninhabited) islet in Portelet Bay, just around the Noirmont Point.
Philippes body was lowered into a small boat and rowed around
the headland by three of the crew to be interred in a shallow
hollow scraped in the thin soil of the rocky islet. A signal was
given to the shore where his wife and some members of the family had
gathered. The Minister from St. Brelade had been called and he read
the usual service for the burial of the dead and another signal then
made to the islet. The crew men covered the body and then returned to
the Esther by rowing again around the headland and
awaited the end of the quarantine period. Philippes wife
Elizabeth later had an inscribed memorial erected on the spot but
there is no evidence now. It has been suggested that the remains were
re-buried later in St. Brelades churchyard; there is no record
in the registers. The entire top of this islet, the Ile au Guerdain
as it was known, was cleared during the Napoleonic wars early in the
nineteenth century to build a large Watch Tower. This watch
tower remains there today and the islet is still known colloquially
as Janvrins Tomb. Ray Le Pivert >Jersey. picus@itl.net

1679 Martin Chevalier, born at St. Jean de Lutz; resident at
the Grande Greve since 1679, but not listed in 1693 or 1694; four
shallops : Madeleine Lemard, his wife, "creole de
Plaisance", daughter of Philippe Lemard : two daughters,
born in 1678 and 1680, present ub 1699 wuth their father but family
in St.Jean de Lutz 1698. Recencement Gerneral des habitans de
Plaisance en I'Isle de Terre Neuve ve 1698, drawn up at Rochefort in
France by one De Brisacier on December 2, 1698. Besides adding fresh
detail to the profile of the planter families at Plaisance itself,
this post d'Iberville census extended north to include Petit
Plaisance with is own Grande and Petite Greves, and south to include
the single barachois settlement at Pointe Verte. http://www.schoolnet.ca/collections/more/placentia/camplant.htm

Autum 1681 James Knight
returns to London to report to his employers "a good account of
th' Estates of the Country both Indians & Factory's" Dead
Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

1682 The elder William Pepperel was one of the New England traders at
Newfoundland who were, according to the English naval commander
there, enticing the inhabitants into leaving, and who were therefore
required by the commander to furnish bonds not to transport English
subjects away from the island. that the elder Pepperel maintained his
contacts with Newfoundland and continued to offer the islanders a
means of passage to the mainland is clearly suggested by the earliest
document in the society's Pepperel collection, an dindenture dated 30
April, 1689 by which one William Kyles, son of William Kyles of
Newfoundland, deceased, bound himsef as apprentice to Pepperel for a
term of seven years. That young Kyles was not , however, to be in
actual fact an apperntice, but rather an indentured servant, is
equallly indicated by by the absense of any occupational designation
after Pepperel's name and of any provision for teaching the
apprentice a trade. http://www.nehgs.org/research/database/register/default.asp?vol=130&pg=90

"Did not arrive until Aug. 23d Admiralty instructions to sail
1st Sepr. with convoy weather permitting. I have sent to your Honour
four Bonds for I find none that violate your rules so much as ye
Traders from New England spiritin ,, away men. I was an eye witness
of one at St. John's comming in with 11 hands and sailing with 20 in
addition had not my pinnace brought him to anchor. So I took bonds of
the New England men and acquainted Captain Wren of H.M.S. Centurion.
Bad fishery only 1.50 qtls. per boat, not as good as reported the
French have made. Nothing but confusion and disorder here they
require a Governour. "Bonds of John Sawley of Salem, Mass., of
Geo. Snell of Portsmouth or Pisadawery New Hampshire of Thomas Harvey
of Portsmouth N.H. and of William Pepperill of Portsmouth N.H., not
to take away men from Newfoundland." http://www.cuff.com/prowse/page/199.htm

On May 5 construction started on a base in St. John's, which was
named Fort Pepperrell in honour of Sir William Pepperrell qv, the
soldier who led the American colonists in the capture of the fortress
of Louisburg in 1745. (He was also a distant relative of the
Outerbridge family of St. John's.) http://enl.cuff.nf.ca/entry/37/3783.htm

1683 James Knight is
appointed deputy Governor at Hudson Bay by the Hudson's Bay Company
along with permission to have his younger brother Richard "to
waight upon him". Dead Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

April 27, 1683 "In a
letter to James Knight
dated 27 April 1683 specific reference is made to his "New
England countrey men"." Dead
Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

Sept. 1685James
Knight returns to London to face charges
of private trading by the Hudson Bay Company.Dead
Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

1689 Having lost all
their outposts and factories to the French, Hudson Bay Company
appoints James Knight,
now a London Merchant of more than modest means, as governer of the
Bottom of The Bay. Dead Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

1690 "Such was the
homely tale of the appearance and disappearance of the ketch,
"Elinor." The sequel was soon found in the new stone gaol
in Boston where William Coward,
Peleg Heath, Thomas
Storey and Christopher
Knight were to be seen and confined in
irons. What became of the boy does not appear. Thomas
Pound, Thomas Hawkins,
Thomas Johnston
and other more valorous pirates were also confined there at the same
time. Justice moved swiftly that year and notwithstanding the claim
made by Coward, the leader of the party that boarded the ketch, that
his crime and been committed upon the high seas without the
jurisdiction of the court, he was found guilty of piracy and
sentenced to be hanged on January 27, 1690. His companions also were
found guilty and sentenced to death but afterwards reprieved and
eventually allowed to go free." "The
Pirates Of The New England Coast: 1630-1730"In
Chapter II - "Dixey Bull and Some Other Pirates" (pages
33-34) Louisa Horton

1690
In those good old days sailors had to, face many dangers. Life had
not then that glamour of romance which tradition, has since gathered
around the lives of our forefathers , and in the year 1690 Captain Pierre
Valpy dit Janvrin of the good ship "
Elias and Anne " of Jersey, complained to the Privy Council
that, when employed in the Newfoundland trade his vessel had been
plundered by an Ostend Pirate. Things moved slowly in those days,:and
it was not until August 1694 that the Privy Council applied to the
Royal Court of Jersey for further particulars. Magistrates took some
time to consider the matter and in June 1696 Valpy and one of his
crew named Thomas Rondell
appeared before the Lieut.-Bailly, Jean Durell
and jurat Charles de Carteret
to make the following statement,-That on a voyage from Newfoundland
an Ostend Pirate boarded his vessel and took all sorts of stores and
merchandise including "premiere une barrique d'eau de vie, plus
une barrique de vin gaste, plus des habits, blanchets, camecons,
&c., trois quintaux de pain, fishing and boat gear, personel
belongings and many other things." Later on, some Spaniards
robbed the ships of ropes and twelve quintaux of fish worth 1400
livres toumois We can imagine the gloom on that homeward voyage and
the language used by the crew as they discussed their helplessness in
defending their property. The crew of the "Elias and Anne"
consisted of Maître Pierre Valpy dit Janvrin,
le Contre-Maître Daniel Dorey,
Daniel Balin, Jean Chevallier,
François Cabot, Amice Barbier, Thomas Rondell." Jersey
In The 18th And 19th Centuries, pages 160,161 Boston Public Lib.
DA670 .J5S3

I am interested in the family names of VALPY
and LeBOUTILLIER
from the Channel Islands, Jersey/Guernsey. From my limited research
on the subject, I suspect many of the gaps I have in these two
families could be filled by looking into the Canadian
emigrations from the Channel Islands. I would be
very willing to share information with those who have a similar
interest in the above mentioned families. Donald Valpy
Weston. (Don). Dunedin. NEW ZEALAND. weston.d@es.co.nz

Late 1600's "Matthew Ward
was the first settler in New Bay... Ward protected
the salmon fishing rights for Squire Childe,
who may have been a descendant of Sir Josiah
Childe, who had trade interests in
Newfoundland in the late 1600s..." "Henry
Rowsell was a former servant of Squire
Childe and was believed to be a father to George
and Thomas Rowsell; all three Rowsells
along with William Hooper
worked these brooks for Matthew Ward."
"...[Michael] Howley's
story about the two brothers Rowsell does not tally with Pulling's
report. According to Howley...'A man named Rousell,
one of the first settlers in Hall's Bay (see
map), was reputed as being a great Indian
killer. Many stories are told of this old Rousell's
treatment of the Indians. He is said never to have spared one of the
natives. In the end, they killed him and carried off his head as was
their usual custom... a brother of him with the name of Tom
never molested the poor creatures and was
treated well. They did him no injury.'" From "River Lords,
Father and Son" (1987) by Amy Louise Peyton ISBN 0-920502-73-3 Barbara
Pederson

Mrs. Violet Baggs of Point Leamington...
"maintains there were two Rowsells,
brothers Thomas and Joseph,
who were early settlers at Point Leamington . (see
map).. They dammed the river and caught
salmon. Thomas became a lifelong friend of the Beothucks... His
brother Joseph was a sworn enemy of the Beothucks and often unloaded
his rifle in their direction to prove it... the Indians shot Rowsell
full of arrows and later stuck his head on a pole..." From "Decks
Awash" Oct. 1981: Barbara Pederson

June 1693 James Knight
leading 213 men on 4 ships with 82 guns retakes Albany Fort. Dead
Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

Fall 1696 "fall 1696 For two days the
French laid seige to Fort William. But de'Iberville was impatient and
on the third day, in order to induce the English to surrender,
ordered one of his Indian soldiers to scalp an English settler named
William Drew.

Drew was scalped and ordered to approach Fort William, scalp in hand,
to warn the English settlers and soldiers, that surrender was their
only option. The English Commander, Governor Miners surrendered on
condition that the English be granted free and unmolested passage out
of St. John's. To this de'Iberville agreed.

Brigadier-General Michael Richards (1673-1721) was the son of Jacob
Richards of Solsborough, County Wexford, Ireland. He was the brother
of Colonel Jacob Richards ([1660]-1701), of Major-General John
Richards (1669-1709), and of Elizabeth (d. 1711), wife of
postmaster-general James Craggs the elder (1657-1721). With his
brother Jacob, he was employed in the artillery train under Ginkell
in Ireland in 1691. He received a lieutenant's commission in 1692 and
saw service with the artillery train in Flanders, where he so
distinguished himself that he was appointed to be the chief engineer
of the train in the 1697 expedition to Newfoundland under Colonel Sir
John Gibsone (1637-1717) and Captain Sir John Norris (ca. 1671-1749).

On 7 June 1697, he landed at St. John's, where he surveyed the
harbour and, despite great difficulties, built the barracks and began
work on the fort. He left Newfoundland with Gibsone in October 1697
but later returned, probably with Commodore Fairborne, in 1700 and
was promoted captain on 1 September 1701. In the course of the next
three years, he carried on the work of building a redoubt covering
the entrance to the harbour. He returned to England in the autumn of
1703 with the squadron of Vice-Admiral John Graydon (d. 1726).

After leaving Newfoundland, Richards served successfully under the
Duke of Marlborough in the Netherlands, 1704-1706. He was appointed
Galway's chief engineer in Spain, 1707, and served in many of the
great engagements of the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1711, he
was promoted brigadier-general and appointed chief-engineer of Great
Britain. On 19 November 1714, he was appointed Surveyor-General of
the Ordnance. In 1716, at his instance and under his direction, the
ordnance train was converted into a regiment (later, the royal
artillery) independent of the king's engineers, while that corps was
itself enlarged and reorganized. In 1720, he founded the Royal
Military Academy at Woolwich. He died, unmarried, on 5 February 1721.
Series part of: Michael Richards fonds  MG21-StoweMSS.-463-464"

17th cent. The Patten
Family and Newfoundland The Patten's are a West of England family,
especially prominent in Devonshire, but also during the 17th and 18th
centuries to be found in Dorset (on the border with Somerset) and
Hampshire. Many Patten's were connected with the Newfoundland fishery
in that era, mainly from Devonshire, but those who live in North
Dorset also come out as " Planters " or worked as seamen in
the migratory fishery. Settlers William of Kingskerswell, Devonshire,
a boat keeper in ST. Johns, 1764 circa-1796, retired to Devonshire,
but his son lived in St Johns. (Died 1854) William, resident of Fort
de Grave, Conception Bay in 1816. Related to other Conception Bay
Pattens. John of Dorset, a "Planter" at Silly Cove, Trinity
Bay in 1681. John of Port de Grave, married 1782,
Mary Bishop. John of Devonshire, a
sailmaker in St Johns from 1788 to circa 1800. John of Islington,
Devonshire, a planter at Petty Harbor in 1681 *John of Grand Bank ,
the son of Charles (whom see) born at Grand Bank in the late 18th
century. Died as a merchant and "noted singer" in 1856. He
and his father in 1825 owned a small schooner, the INDIANA, 23 tons,
which he commanded. Thomas, born place unknown in 1780., but possibly
connected to the Conception Bay family. Became a merchant first in St
Johns, then at Bareneed Port de Grave and finally 1817 went back to
reside in St. Johns. Died 1826. Samuel, born 1779, a planter at Grand
Bank - worked on his own from about 1803 onwards, died in 1829.
Probably came from North Dorset since he and all the Grand Bank
Patten's of that period had strong connections with a merchant of
Sturminster, Newton, Dorset, Joseph Bird.
George, son of Edward and Mary, baptized at St. Johns in 1780,
probably one of the Devonshire Patten's. **Charles of Grand Bank,
first appeared in the records in 1802 - connected with Bird of
Sturminster but as a planter, dealt with the Firm of Robert
Newman and Co at St. Lawrence and at
Little Bay (Fortune Bay) 1811. Built and registered his own schooner,
the Mary, of 46 tons, which he owned and commanded until 1817. A
prominent resident in the Fortune Bay. He was Foreman of the Grand
Jury there in 1811. In the records he is noted mainly for apparently
having a long running an quite ferocious feud with Samuel
Rose of Grand Bank. ***Edward of Grand
Bank, contemporary and brother of Charles and nephew John. First
appeared in records in 1801 as a planter supplied by Newman and Co,
but like the others was strongly connected to Mr.
Bird. Had at least one son, Edward, and
was still alive in 1826. Owned a Fishing room in Grand Bank. Edward
of St. Johns, a resident fisherman who had been born in Newfoundland.
Had a son, George in 1780, but the latter apparently died young.
Edward probably of Dorset. A planter (unmarried) at New Perlican,
Trinity Bay 1681. Had come out to Newfoundland since 1677. 1706-08
Edward, probably the same man of his son was a planter at Harbor
Grace, Newfoundland 1706-08. Married and had a child. Edward, a
decedent of the above, a planter in Conception Bay in 1750. Edward,
son of the above? In 1782, Edward and Frances of H. H. Had a daughter
Mary, baptized in Harbor Grace and in 1784 had a son, Edward.
Nicholas, a planter at Port de Grave in 1816. Joseph of Wollborough,
Devonshire. Born 1769, an agent in St. Johns 1792-1795 for the
Dartmouth Devonshire Firm of R. H. Roope.
Died back in Devonshire 1813. Francis, born place unknown 1771,
became a coasting and fishing schooner captain from 1820 onwards.
Employed for many years by a Portugal Cove Planter, John
Picot. Died age 80. *John is my ggg
grandfather **Charles is John's father, my gggg grandfather ***Edward
is Charles's brother so my gggg granduncle. I
believe I got this from the Toronto Genealogy Research Library on
Adilaide St. Anne Patten Oliver annieo@sprintmail.comhttp://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8632/
Researching Patten, Rice, Coffin,
Bendle, Tibbo, Nicholle, Hollett, and Forsey in Grand Bank,
Twillingate & Haystack, Newfoundland, Canada, England, Wales, The
Channel Islands and the World.

1698 "Richard BURT was in the Newfoundland trade out of
Christchurch since at least 1698. Family connections:

1700 Greetings from
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada I am descended from a Verge
family from Twillingate, Newfoundland. I have located some of the
early Verge names which came from England, but there are some who I
just can't seem to locate. I also know that there were good numbers
of fishermen who came from the Channel Islands and many settled
permanenly there. Can anyone tell me if there were some fishermen
named Verge, Virg, Virge, Vierge, Vergo, Vargo, Vyrge who may have
lived in the Channel Islands. The name is French originally as are
many other family names and I know there were a few Verges in England
as early as the 1400s. I have some Verge names in Newfoundland which
I can't trace back to England. It appears there were some Verges in
Newfoundland before 1700 and several more soon after that date. I
would love to find out if there were Verges in the Channel Islands at
that time and if so, how I can access some names and dates of these
families. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I may be able to help
someone researching some Newfoundland names. Jack Verge Montgomery jvmont@jumppoint.com

1702 Still in England, James
Knight, now listed as "of London,
gentleman" is elected to a seat on the powerful Hudson Bay
company. Dead Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

1704 "Seek information on Squarey / Squarry
family of NF and West Teighmouth, Devon. Earliest Squareys in NF
possibly Thomas 1704, William 1706, John 1708, & Robert 1708.
1774 William Squarey married Elizabeth Tozer, West
Teignmouth. Children were John, R.N., William, master mariner
(married Mary Ann Coster), Elizabeth, Charles R. N. (married Harriet
Lott), Henry , and Robert b. 1778 - d. 1828, who married Sarah
Parsons in 1810 in NF (Sarah was 2nd daughter of Robert Parsons)
Offspring of Robert and Sarah Squarey were Sarah Ann Tozer
Squarey (married Henry Knight) Robert and William who
married Mary Ann Ryall in 1845.. sons of William and Mary Ann
were William R. Squarey (married Ann Woolfrey, daughter
of Thomas and Elizabeth Woolfrey of Harbour Grace) in 1873,
and Robert Thomas Squarey (married Caroline Higgins,
daughter of Thomas and Anne Caroline Higgins of Harbour Grace
in 1870) Sons of Robert Thomas and Caroline Higgins are; Thomas
HigginsSquarey,Frederick Charles Squarey,Arthur
Squarey,Bertram Squarey,William Squarey,Edward
Monroe Squarey (married Lucretia Alice Poole, daughter of John
Poole and Hannah Buffett Poole, 1904 in channel) Any additional
info on these or other family members would be appreciated. Have
additional info on family in NF and Devon to share. Elizabeth Squarey
Bakenhus 26880 Elena Road Los Altos Hills , CA 94022 USA BBAKENHUS@worldnet.att.net

March 28, 1706 "CO-194 pp. 470-472b

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Richd. Cole Mr. x

Robt. Tieer

Robt. Bickford

Edwd. Allen

Thos. Hicks

Thos. Tneirs?

Richd. Fry

Phillip Murry

Jno. Benner

Jno. Ryder (Wanting)

Wm. Craft (Wanting)

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Jno. Collin master

George Goddans

Roland Markin

Simon Faver?

Samll. Jeffrey

Thos. Cook

Jno. Prower

Phillip Rever

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Jeffrey Long Mr.

Anthony Farley

Jno. Pitman

Jno. Soper

Jno. Loch

Jno. Willicot

Robt. Willicot

Samll.? Ellis

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Robt. Eale

? Stephens

Wm. Carbey

Jno. Ford

Nathn. Maid

Thos. Leiveington?

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William Penfrare Mr.

Benja. Smith?

?ben Perry

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William Roberts Mr.

Jno. Youngs

Robt. Andrews

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Jno. Marshall Mr.

Jno. Fosper

Henry Marshall

Richd. Sprigs

Charles Curtis

Phillip Dyer

Jno. Garland

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Jno. Furlong Mr.

Richd. Peters

Peter Tucker

Arther Tucker

Henry Furnix

Jno. Welsh

Matthew Bud

Curnelious Holloway

Jno. Muffrey

James Fiels? (Wanting)

Thos. Marble (Wanting)

Thos. More (Wanting)

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Jno. Cole? Mr.

Jilberts Barn

Aaron Coch

Jno. Thompson

Jno. Collins

Clemt. Wichney

Henry Guay

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Jno. Tucker Mr.

Richd. Say

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Oliver Lang Mr.

Francis Russell

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Charles Coaker Mr.

Henry Dinch?

Barnard Balland

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Christopher Archer Mr.

Wm. Pulman

Jno. Johns?

Jno. Boon

Henry Vimey

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Phillip Williams Mr.

Jno. Rendell

James Merrech?

Thos. Presson

William Hale

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Walter Short? Mr.

Edwd. Fane?

William Hoist

William Clefford

Peter Janes

Edwd. Mumford

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William Gazzach Mr. (Wanting)

George Gazzach (Wanting)

Richd. Bradley (Wanting)

Jno. Roberts (Wanting)

Danll. Rynd

Samll. Cirty x

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Richd. Sampson Mr.

Ralph Mattoch (Wanting)

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William Handcoch Seish? Side?

Henry Griffey

Danll. Cornell

Jno. Darr

Allen Ford?

Jno. Rrin? (Wanting)

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Jno. Brumwell Mr. (Wanting)

Darbey Duder

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Tobias Nyles Mr.

Richd. Robins

Thos. Veltin?

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Francis Pierre? Mr.

Wm. Edwanes

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Gilbert Jane Mr.

Robt. Grain?

Wm. Snelling

Thos. Goderidge

Richd. Bonden? Thos. Query?

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Jeseph Nales? (Mr Campbe? Men)

Thos Brooks (Mr Campbe? Men)

Jno. Stephens (Mr Campbe? Men)

Robt. Baggs (Singlemen)

Jno. Bartlite (Singlemen)

Richd. Penny (Partners)

Jno. Wake (Partners)

Peter Circum (Prowmen)

Samll. Richds. (Prowmen)

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Robt. Lewis Mr.

Edwd. Benner

George Thomas

George Lewis

Danll. Williams

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William Hamon?

Richd. Hatch

Henry Harris

Thos. Silland?

Edward Rhoes?

Jno Moulding

William Reuones?

Danll. Roe

Charles Nowles

Jno. Jeffreys

Peter Poor

Jno. Frampton

George Ryall

Danll. Lurley

George Voal

Edwd. Ralway

James Killich?

Richd. Bunker

Nicholas Moon

James Williams

Phillip Damenere

William Spark Senr.

Richd. Haynes

Charles Class (Petty Harbor)

William Phillips (Petty Harbor)

Christopher Carter (Petty Harbor)

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Peter Ceate? Mr.

Jno. Martyn

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Thos. Whone Mr.

James Ford

Robt. Howard

Jno. Wood

Richd. Howard

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Hales Phillips Mr.

John Reeves

Barnard Aug.er

Bartholo. Whileway

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Jno. Adams Mr.

Jno. Silver

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James Smith Mr.

Jno. Kittle

Jno. Perrin

Jno. <blank> (Wanting)

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Jno. Gnetia Mr. x

George Presson

Jno. Nellson

Thos. Barnes

Henry Williams

Willm. Sparke

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Thos. Roberts Mr.

his boy Wm. Sanders

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William Clarke

Jno. Croop

Samll. Jeffrey (Wanting)

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Wm. Weast? Mr. x

William Tallin

Jno. Williams

Robt. Adams

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Jno. Drone Mr.

William Sterman

Robt. Gray (Wanting)

Andrew Drew (Wanting)

William Fleming (Wanting)

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Henry Boy Mr.

Jno. Tucker partnr.

Samll. Gill

Richd. Piere?

Robt. Holesworth

Elias Holding

William Bositon

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Simon Drew

Richd. Russell

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Giles Goss

Abraham Dyer

Jno. Julian

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Elias Whone (partners)

James Goss (partners)

James Fuss

Jno. Holeman

Thos. Rugg

Richd. Filmone?

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Thos. Hawkins Mr.

Robt. Harris

Thos. Lyues?

Jno. Hodge

Lankester Wooddy

Jno. Webb

David Stephen?

Ambrose Smerden

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Jno. Burton Mr.

Jno. Courey?

Jno. Gilborne

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Griffey Russell Mr.

Tho. Phillips

Jno. Corens?

Jno. Fletcher (Wanting)

Jno. Fletcher Junr. (Wanting)

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Jno. Nicholes Mr.

Jno. Williams

Jno. Lightingill" Steve Nicklen" <nicklen@telus.net>

1707 "In 1707, the Falkland 50, Capt. John Underdown, undoubtaly
the ship launched at Portsmouth in 1690, was the largest of three
ships, the Medway 48, and the Nonsuch, being the other two, forming a
squadron on the Newfoundland station which completely destroyed the
French fishery both on the banks and the coast of that island, and
burnt one French ship of 323 guns, one ditto of 20, and took two of
20 each." Vessels of War Built At Portsmouth, NH http://www.nehgs.org/research/database/register/default.asp?vol=22&pg=395

1708 William Knight, of Bonavista(
see map) , 1708-09; From
E.R. Seary's "Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland":
Barbara Pederson

1710 Early instances: Giles Vinsant
or Vincent,
planter of Connaigre, 1710-15, VINCENT, a
baptismal name and surname of England, Ireland, France and Jersey
(Channel Islands)... Traced by Guppy in Cornwall, Devon, Norfolk,
Somerset, Suffolk and Wiltshire, and by MacLysaght in Cos. Limerick
and Dublin since the mid-seventeenth century, and in Co. Derry. In
Newfoundland: Family traditions: ----, from Scotland, settled at Cape
Freels (see
map) (MUN Folklore). From "Family
Names of the Island of Newfoundland" by E.R. Seary /Barbara Pederson

Feb. 1710James
Knight is elected to travel to Holland to
solicit the Hudson Bay Company's business at the treaty of peace. Dead
Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

1711"At St. John's: "Captain's
Crowe's Laws": 1711. The tenements,
store-houses, and stages which are now in possession of persons
undermentioned... Richard Colesworthy,
upper stage-house and room at fort at Bursthart Hill; Captain
Stafford, in behalf of Henry
Perden, one store-house on vice-admiral's
room; Thomas and John Squary,
one store-house..." From "A History if Newfoundland"
by D.W. Prowse: Barbara Pederson

1711 "Christian Lilly (fl.
1711-1738), a military engineer, served in Europe and America. In
1711, he went to Newfoundland to report on the harbors of St. John's
and Ferryland, and to settle matters regarding the security of those
ports. SCOPE AND CONTENT: Item is Christian Lilly's report on
Newfoundland, with particular reference to the state of the
fortifications at St. John's and Ferryland.

Summer 1718 James Knight's
term as Governor of Hudson Bay comes to a end and he returns to
England. Dead Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

1719 James Knight,
with the ships Albany and Discovery (Hudson's former ship), attempts
to take refuge on Marble Island in Hudson Bay when the ships are
damaged. After two winters, there are no survivors. Presumably, they
all starved. http://www.georgian.net/rally/hudson/hudson6.html

June 5, 1719 "Once
more at peace, the quest for the north-west passage was revived, and
the spell which Sebastion Cabot,
that arch schemer among navigators had laid upon the English people,
began again to work. Somewhere hidden in the bay was the opening of
the Strait of Anian of the old maps, opening into the Mar del Z?? and
in 1719 James Knight,
who had been governor of the bay, set out with two ships to find
that mythical passage. The whole expedition utterly disappeared, nor
could its fate be conjectured, untill in 1759, forty years later,
remains were found on Marble Island, which proved that the whole
party-- two ships crews-- had miserably perished of cold and famine
during two terrible years of struggle and agony." Accompanied
by a picture of the monument on Marble Island. North America by
Samuel Edward Dawson 2389,35 Boston Public Library

Researcher: David Gallagher dgfambus@interlog.com
Address: Tel: Area of research: Harbour Grace, Corner Brooke
Description: My great grandfather emigrated from Harbour Grace in
1870 & came to Toronto. He left a brother, who became a
magistrate & moved to the Cornerbrook area. Squarey family
still live there, I believe. Do you have any info on Squarey? [03/98]

1719 "Robert Squarey born 1719 West Teignmouth,
Devon, not sure at this point who he married, Amy Tozer turns
out to be his brother's wife. Robert's son was William born 1744,
married Elizabeth Tozer in West Teignmouth. William &
Elizabeth Tozer Squareys' son was Robert Squarey born
1778, West Teignmouth. Robert married Sarah Parsons either
Aug. 13 1810 or 1816 in NF (she was second daughter of Robert Parsons)
he was listed as a widower when he married her. Robert was a
sailmaker and died Xmas 1828. Sarah died June 13, 1859 Robert and
Sarahs' daughter was Sarah Amy Tozer (wonder if the Amy part is
correct, something for me to look into) Sarah Amy Tozer Squarey
married Henry Knight, their children were, Leah, Emma, Lemuel
Robert and Sarah Parsons Squareys' son was William born 1824
(sarah Amy Tozer Squareys brother) William Squarey married Mary
Ann Rydall 1845, their sons were Robert Thomas Squarey
born 1845 Harbour Grace William Rydall Squarey born 1849
Harbour Grace Robert Thomas married Caroline Higgins 1870, St.
Paul's, Harbour Grace (second daughter of Thomas and Ann Caroline,
or Caroline Ann Higgins) Caroline's brothers were probably Thomas
P. Higgins of whom I have a photo in a constable type uniform
taken in Boston 1897, he was apparently in something called the
Joseph Warren Commandery (perhaps Allen will know what this is all
about) other brother was W>F>Higgins, I have a photo he
sent to the family from Cleveland, Ohio 1899. Beth Bakenhus

1721 In 1721, Captain
James Knight and his crew were marooned on
Marble Island, about 32 km from Rankin Inlet. Knight was exploring,
searching for valuable minerals and the Northwest Passage. His two
ships were wrecked in the shallows, and he and his crew of 50 were
stranded on the island. They mysteriously disappeared, waiting for
rescue, and refusing the assistance of Inuit hunters who passed the island.
http://www.learnnet.nt.ca/LeoUssak/Rankin_Inlet.html Barbara Peterson

Late Summer, 1721
"In a state of starvation, the five survivors eagerly devoured
the raw seal meat and whale blubber offered but " this
disordered them so much that three of them died in a few days, and
the other two though very weak, made a shift to bury them",
Hearne recorded. Then came the most disturbing story of all, one
seems to etch for ever the bounds of fellowship and suffering; [they]
survied many days after the rest, and frequently went to the top of
an adjacent rock, and ernestly looked to the South and East, as if in
expectation of some vessels coming to their relief. After continuing
there a considerable time together, and nothing appearing in sight,
they sat down close together, and wept bitterly. At length one of the
two died, and the others strength was so far exhausted, that he fell
down and died also, in attempting to dig a grave for his
companion." Dead Silence. Geiger, J.
& Beattie. O. 1994. Viking Press, Penguin Books Canada, Toronto,
ON. Studies on the mysterious fate of the James Knight Expedition,
stranded on Marble Island in Hudson Bay, 1719-1721.

Their graves can still be seen on dead man's island
and their ships can be seen underwater in the which sits about 30 km
from Rankin Inlet in Hudson Bay.

James Knight came from The Jersey Islands and
settled in St. Johns. He was the father of Johnathan, James and
Josia. Josia was the father of Henry. Henry was the father of Sarah
Ann, Samuel, Welsely, Thomas, Warrick, Wallace, Kenneth and Dorman.
Letter 11/96 from lester Knight..

1722 Creator:Knight,
William, 1722-1799. Title:William
and Benjamin Knight Account Books
[microform] 1767-1833. Extent:1 reel of microfilm. Adm His/Biog
Sketch:William Knight (1722-1799) and his son Benjamin Knight
(1767-1843) were shoremen from Marblehead, Massachusetts, who were
involved in the deep sea cod fishery. The family owned several
schooners outfitted voyages from their waterfront chandlery, retailed
provisions and dry goods to fishing families and kept a flakeyard in
Marblehead where they employed retired mariners to dry the cod their
vessels brought in. William conducted the business until his death in
1799, when it passed to his son Benjamin who operated it through to
1833. Scope and Content:Three volumes of account books containing the
Knight dealings with the hundreds of fishermen they hired, the export
merchants to whom they sold their cod once cured, and the dozens of
maritime artisans and labourers who maintained their fleet of
schooners. Location:Mic.1-5-1-9 MHA Finding Aids:MHA finding aid 20.
Compiled by Daniel Vickers. .T590. Administrative history taken from
the finding aid, written by Daniel Vickers. Abstract:Title taken from
the finding aid. Subject:Merchants Massachusetts Marblehead.
Subject:Cod fisheries Massachusetts. Subject: Business records.
Barbara Pederson

Early 1700's ROWSELL,
a surname of England, a variant of RUSSELL,
or ? an anglicization of the surname of France and Guernsey (Channel
Islands) Roussel
(See ROUSSEAU). Traced in Dorset, and by Bardsley in Somerset. In
Newfoundland: Family tradition: Three Rowsell brothers of Huguenot
ancenstry (the surname was originsally Rouselle), came to
Newfoudnland from Poole or Bristol in the early 1700s; they settled
in Bonavista Bay, Notre Dame Bay and Pushthrough (Fortune Bay and
Hermitage district). ROUSSEAU,
a surname of France and the Channel Islands - red-haired. In
Newfoundland: Modern status: Rare, at Corner Brook. "Family
Names of the Island of Newfoundland" by E.R. Seary /Barbara Pederson

Fortress of Louisbourg

Parish Baptism Record - 1723

NAMES:

Chevalier, Charlotte Elisabeth

Chevalier, François

De La Chevrotière, Isabelle

De La Grange, M.

Gaultier, Marie Charlotte

Sanquer, Claude Fre

Despres, Anne

Delort

Cassaignilles, B.

DATE:

1723, 03 September

REFERENCE:

G1, Vol. 406, f. 4v

Fortress of Louisbourg

Parish Baptism Record - 1723

NAMES:

Carretrot, [ ? ]

Carrerot, Philippe

Gaultier, Therese

Carrerot, Pierre

De Lort, Charlotte

Sanquet, Claude Fre

Chevalier LaGrange, La varve

De La Brellort, Charls

Delort

DATE:

1723, 07 November

REFERENCE:

G1, Vol. 406, f. 5

Sept. 1724James
Knight's will is executed and his
"loving wife Elizabeth"
received the bulk of his estate and his son Gilpin
just one shilling, "he having been already advanced by me in the
world considerably more than my circumstances". Dead
Silence ISBN 0-14-016701-3

AN EARLY NEWFOUNDLAND PELLEY Submitted by Mary Ann Gallup (#157),
Swampscott, Ma. 01907. U.S.A. From records taken at the Hampshire
County Record Office, Winchester, Hampshire. England.

INDENTURE - Lease dated the 21st day of February 1734, wherein James
PERKINS granted to John PELLEY the Younger, of Winkton,Parish of
Christchurch, County of Southampton, and Newfoundland, Planter, a
parcel of land (ETC.) on the Queen's Highway leading from
Christchurch, being part Of the Manor of Winkton.

WILL of John PELLEY of Winkton, Parish of Christchurch, Twineham in
the County of Southampton, Newfoundland Planter, and now in Fogo.
Made the 17th day of October 1737. Proved March 5, 1738.

Leaves to his two eldest sons John and Thomas PELLEY, his boats,
rooms, or plantation lying in Pelley's Cove in the Harbour of Fogo,
with the oldest son John to have first choice.

Leaves to his wife, Mary, and his two joung children Mary and James
the profits from both boats he has "sent out and sent abroad on
? sawing and boatbuilding voyages this Winter Season ensuing."
Also to his wife Mary he leaves his holdings in Winkton as long as
she remains a Widow, but in the event she remarries, then these
possessions are to go to his daughter Mary, with 20 pounds being paid
to his son James.

ARTICLES of AGREEMENT dated the 16th day of April 1756: Evidently a
dispute has arisen over the property in Winkton. Widow Mary PELLEY
has remarried a Mr. Fuller. Daughter Mary has married Robert NEWTON.

Mary PELLEY NEWTON and her husband Robert NEWTON were to share the
Winkton home with Mary PELLEY FULLER and upon the latter's decease,
would have first choice to purchase the interest of the other
children. The Widow Mary PELLEY has taken care of and educated the
two younger children during their minorities, and was not to be
responsible for anything but what was then in her possession.

James PELLEY was permanently in Newfoundland and had empowered his
uncle Thomas BRENTON, Miller, of Winkton, to accept his share of 20 pounds.

MARRIAGES: John PELLEY married Mary BRENTON, both of Christchurch,
December 22 1725 at Ringwood (Parish Register).

(It wood seem to me this John Pelley must have been married) more
than once, this marriage to Mary BRENTON being his second, and their
children being Mary and James).

Perhaps his first marriage was to Mary KNIGHT, September 30 1696 at
Christchurch (Bishop's Transcripts) and these were the parents of
John and Thomas, and an Elizabeth who married a LOATHER.

Mary PELLEY NEWTON and her son john PELLEY NEWTON both died in t765
and the latter had turned the estate over to Joshua STARKE (a
cousin?). Fall 1986 Vol.217 #4 page 17

Fonds consists of records of the purchase of land and fishing
rights in Newfoundland from Joan Burrows, Joan Churchward, and John
Aylward; power of attorney from Christopher Arthur, 1730; affidavits
of John Summers and Arthur French, regarding the detention of the
ship HAPPY RETURN, 1742, and of John Gale, Peter Cutler and Alexander
Findlator, regarding the seizure of THE HAMPSHIRE, 1745; and a letter
from Charles Walley, St. John's 1773.

1735 "Best known of the children of Campbell
[1851-1908] and Emma [daughter of Henry John Duder, farmer of
St. John's, and Jane Sophia Pitts, granddaughter of Joseph Pitts
of Bell Island] Macpherson were Dr. Cluny and Hon. Harold.
(They had sisters Violette and Eva.) Their maternal ancestry can be
traced back farther than most Newfoundland familes as their
great-grandfather was Mr. Joseph Pitts (born circa 1735) from
Exeter of Lance Cove, Bell Island. He was in Newfoundland by around
1751 and was involved in the fishery and in the building of ships and
boats at Bell Island. In 1810 Mr. Pitts was in England selling
Newfoundland salted codfish and purchased three grandfather clocks
for his sons from Benjamin Bowring's shop in Exeter with the
result that Mr. Bowring decided Newfoundland would be a good
place for a watchmaker. .. Mr. Pitts' son John was the father
of James; Mrs. Coyell; Mrs. Cowan; Mary (Mrs. Thomas Ebsary);
Mrs. Knight and Jane Sophia (Mrs. Henry J. Duder).
======== There' more in this family, saying that Henry came from
Devon to Newfoundland in 1833 and was a farmer and a large landowner,
and that his descendants were very prominent in government, mining...
etc."And They Stayed" by Margaret Mullins A Selection of
St. John's Family Histories MACPHERSON Note that [square brackets are
my inserts/comments]. Barbara Pederson

1736 "I do apoligise for my failure to reply earlier to your
letter dated March 3, 1991 following my letter to you dated 27 April
1991 (something wrong there!) concerning Stephen Knight. His
father was James bapt. 1736 Shaftsbury, died 1782 also Shaftsbury,
carpenter. James's father was George, born about 1713 (to judge by
his age given at death) but where I do not know, died 1779
Shaftsbury, millwright. Stephen had an older brother, James (also a
carpenter) and younger brothers Thomas (plumber), Joseph (tallow
chandler/grocer) and Jeremiah ( tailor, my ancestor) all of whom died
in London and all of them apparently Quakers. George evidently became
a Quaker after the birth of his first three children but had fallen
out with the Quakers at the time of his death, probably has a result
of his remarriage. I have found no sign of any connection between the
family and Newfoundland other than Stephen. However he did have an
uncle, William and perhaps a "step-uncle", John, who are
not properly accounted for. Since I wrote to you last year I have
found in the Library of the Society of Genealogists in London some
mentions of Stephen and his firm and family in the Royal Gazette and
Newfoundland Advertiser 1810-1862. These included the deaths of both
Stephen and his father - in - law, Stephen March, and the
marriage of what seems likely to be Stephen's daughter Ann, to John
Higgins in 1817. There are also references to various Knights
who were unconnected with my family so far as I know. Thank you very
much for your letter; despite the delay I am most grateful to you. I
had no idea that Parker & Bulley were from the Newton Abbott
area. Yours sincerely, Howard M. Knight 925 Bayly
St. #51 Pickering, On. Canada, L1W-1L4 May 19, 1992

1739 John Vincent,
fisherman of St. John's or Petty Harbour (see
map), about 1739-43; "Family
Names of the Island of Newfoundland" by E.R. Seary /Barbara Pederson

1739 Birth year of ...Henry Batson
of Wimbourn Minister, aged seventy-one years in 1810, was nine years
old when his father first took him to Newfoundland, and George
Short, born in Hooke, Dorset, but examined
at Wimbourn in 1762, testified he went to sea first in service to 'Bernard
Batson', planter then resident in
Newfoundland'." From "Soe longe as there comes no
women" by W. Gordon Handcock: "Barbara
Pederson.

From 1744- 1747 there was no navel governor appointed
to Placentia.Tthis meant that the Lieutenant Governor was the highest
executive in the land, and this part was filled by Colonel Otto
Hamilton. He reported that there was great difficulty in enforcing
the law, and even to get men to act as justice of the peace. In 1747
there was only one justice of the peace at Placentia and he refused
to perform his job. Governor Rodney in 1749 ordered Captain Knight,
the Captain in the Placentia Station, to appoint new justices of the
peace. http://www.schoolnet.ca/collections/more/placentia/hamilton.htm

July 3, 1745 "About 1 Anchored in Lewisburg Harbour just
afterwards came in a Sloop, then a skooner from Boston. P.M. came in
Capt. Tompson, he fired 7 guns.------The Lark also sailed for
Newfoundland this day about 3P.M. & ye Launceston for France with
Transports" Expidition to Cape Breton http://www.nehgs.org/research/database/register/default.asp?vol=27&pg=157

1746 Birth year of "Ancestor
of the ROUSSEL DU GOULET is SIMON ROUSSEL,
son of Didier ( died in Tracadie 16 Dec. 1812 at 66yrs.) and Madeleine
Hache, who married the 21 feb 1814 to Barbe
Thebeau,of Shippagan, daughtr of Mathurin
and Catherine Duval. Shippagan
is at the northern most part of New-Brunswick. it is in Gloucester
co. it is also across from the small island of Ile Lameque. The
author is Donat Robichaud Diane; Amos@grolen.com

1746 (year of arrival in Newfoundland)"Henry
Batson of Wimbourn Minister, aged
seventy-one years in 1810, was nine years old when his father first
took him to Newfoundland, and George Short,
born in Hooke, Dorset, but examined at Wimbourn in 1762, testified
he went to sea first in service to 'Bernard Batson',
planter then resident in Newfoundland'." From "Soe longe
as there comes no women" by W. Gordon Handcock: "Barbara
Pederson.

Name and type of ship: Walpole. Tonnage: 130. Destination: From
Newfoundland. Captain: William Cole. Cargo: Bacalhao. Other
information: Taken on 2 November 1746 (new style); retaken on 8
November 1746 (new style). The French privateer that took the Walpole
also took a ship from Carolina bound for London. "

1749 Re: Vincent - In about the year 1749 a Vincent and Joe Batt
were due to be whipped or flogged in Bonavista for stealing shoe
buckles but the townspeople tore up the stocks in protest. Vincent
was said to have been a sailor off Capt. Cook's ship but whether this
is "the" James Cook is debatable. Thomas R Cole tommy@pathcom.com

1750 "... to summon John Pike,
who was charged with cruelly whipping David Careen
and Michael Moreen...
ordered to pay L100 [100 pounds] to Amos Vincent,
(See
map) whose fish he had seized illegally."
From "A History of Newfoundland" by D.W. Prowse, Q.C.
(1972): At Harbour Grace, about 1750 - [Don't have the book here now,
so this is kind of vague or incomplete, but thought you'd like to
know there was a VINCENT around Harbour Grace in 1750]: Barbara Pederson

The other letter is to the same Harbour Grace
magistrates, about their neglect to summon John Pike, who was charged
with cruelly whipping David Careen and Michael Moreen. Pike, after a
sharp reprimand from Rodney to the magistrates, appeared before the
court on the 25th of September. He was fined £ 25 sterling and
costs in Careen and Moreen's cases, and ordered to pay £ 100 to
Amos Vincent, whose fish he had seized illegally. http://www.cuff.com/prowse/page/292.htm

It is also worthy of note that for the first half of the eighteenth
century, despite the alarm expressed by the authorities at the rapid
increase in the number of Irish coming to Newfoundland, no special
laws were passed against them, and they were treated like all other
members of the community. By 1749, the Irish servants were beginning
to take their complaints of ill-treatment and non-payment of wages to
the Governor or his surrogate, finding that here they could obtain
the justice often denied them in the local courts, where more often
than not the Justices of the Peace were the very employers that they
were petitioning against.

Thus, in 1749, two Irish servants at Carbonear, Michael Mooren and
David Careen, petitioned the governor for redress against the cruel
treatment they had received from the servants of John Pike. Both the
men had been seized and dragged aboard a galley belonging to John
Pike which was anchored in Carbonear Harbour. Here they were stripped
and tied to the shrouds of the galley and whipped by John Pike and
his servants -- Thomas Fling, James Poor, Edmund Redman and George
Pierce. Mooren was given forty lashes and Careen eighty, all this
(the two men claimed) without any provocation on their part. The
governor, Rodney, ordered John Pike and his servants to appear in
court to answer the charge, but they did not appear. The governor
then issued a warrant for their arrest and sent a very stiff letter
to the local Justices of the Peace at Carbonear:

Your behaviour in this affair has obliged me to reprimand you in this
manner, for remember gentlemen I am sent to administer justice to
rich and poor alike without favour or partiality You likewise by the
oath you have taken as Justices of the Peace are obliged to do the
same, in the neglect of which you will not only forswear your self
but be liable to be severely punished according to the law AND YOU
MAY DEPEND UPON IT, I AM NOT TO BE TRIFLED WITH IN THE EXECUTION OF
MY OFFICE.

Pike appeared in the St. John's court and paid damages of twenty and
fifteen pounds respectively to Mooren and Careen. http://www.fennelly.net/irishnfld.htm#CONVICTS

1750 " 4/03 (no answer) Al, I have been searching for some time
for records of John Manuel who is supposed to have owned a fleet of
fishing ships around 1750- between Newfoundland and England.. Where
was he from, what ships did he own or sail, and any family
information in England available. I have lots of information on the
family line since their arrival in Newfoundland, but across the pond
I'm stumped. What are your costs, and what should I expect? I have
been working with Bev Warford, and several others with history that
involves Newfoundland. I traveled there in 1993. And received lots of
information, but like I said regarding the shipping of England and
Newfoundland you'd think there would be records. I have searched your
shipping lists to no avail. Apparently I don't have the right
connections YET. Thanks for the quote. Ruth David and Ruth Wiebe mailto:albion@puc.edu

1750 ""The Newfoundland Quarterly", Spring 1992.

"Hon. James S. Pitts" by David G. Pitt:

[James'] roots in Newfoundland had been put down at Lance Cove, Bell
Island in the 1750s by settlers from Devon... brothers John
(1783-1825), James (1784-1870), and William (1787-1869). The families
of John and James... moved to St. John's in the first quarter of the
nineteenth century... Some of the daughters and granddaughters...
united their fortunes in marriage with what may be called the
commercial aristocracy of the city... [Family names included Duder,
Knight and March.] To mention only one by name: Charlotte, daughter
of John Pitts, by marrying Captain William Knight, became the
grandmother of poet E.J. Pratt. James S. Pitts was a son of William
Pitts (1818-1884), who was the only son among the eight childrern of
James mentioned above. Born in St. John's, William... had joined his
father in taking over the failing commission merchant firm of Matthew
Stewart... In 1846 [William] married Anne Cocheran, a Devonshire
woman, by whom he had ten children. The eldest, born November 14,
1847, was named James Stewart... In 1874 he married Mary, daughter of
the Hon. Alexander Mackay, superintendent of the Angle-American
Telegraph Company, and politician. He died in St. John's on January
27, 1914. ---------------

"Whereas Mrs. Martha Cottman subject of Great Britain has
applied to me for a Grant of the North East Arm and to carry on a
Salmon Fishery, and the more effectively to complete the same that
she desired the property of the ground from the west side of the two
islands commonly called Salmon House Island and Crosous Island and
for half a mile around the same both islands included as P Plan
thereof hereunto annexed and having good information that it has
never been occupied, or the property of any person or persons before,
I do by virtue of the power and authority to me given by Admiral
Francis W. Drake acting as Surrogate of Newfoundland by these
presents grant unto the said Martha Cottman and her heirs forever the
sole right and property of the said Salmon Fishery and the ground
above described and the peaceable and quiet possession of the same
without the least hindrance or molestation in the enjoyment thereof
and all and every season are hereby decided for not to give any
disturbance therein as they shall answer to the contrary. To prevent
any dispute that may arise hereafter I have caused this to be
registered in the records of Placentia. Given under my hand and seal
this 8th day of September 1751 and in the 24th year of the reign of
His Majesty King George the Second" Signed. John Knight.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that this is a correct copy of a deed to Mrs. Martha
Cottman as recorded in the Registry of Special Grants in the
Department of Agriculture and Mines on page 87 of the said registry
(Note-there is no opposition to the plan mentioned in the body of the
deed attached to the register.) Sources: Newfoundland Provincial Archives

1751 "Lionel Chancey c. 1751-1822 was a school
teacher who served for a time as Clerk of the Peace at Harbour Grace.
The first Lionel and his wife Elizabeth had 4 sons and 4 daughters:
Elizabeth Parsons bapt. 1782 married wealthy merchant Joseph Gill.
Mary Dinah maried Robert Brown. Sarah Ann married Cornelius
Winton, bookkeeper at Job's; (daughter Elizabeth Maria Winton
married Richard Neyle) William Stafford went to the U.S.A.
George (1793-1816) was a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. John Lloyd
Lilly (1788-1831). Thomas Lilly bapt. 1789, remained at St. John's.
Lionel (1782-1856) married in 1826 Elizabeth Knight
(1809-1894) and they resided on Cochrane Street. {Footnote says:
"Information comes from 'The Dissenting Church at St. John's
1775-1975.) Barbara Pederson

In reference to the above, this chapter also includes "the
oldest son of Lionel, Junior, [who] was yet another Lionel, Lionel
Thomas, (1828-1912) who married Margaret Parnell Wilkinson of
Carbonear... Lionel T.R.'s [this is Lionel Thomas] brother John
Wesley G. and wife Susannah (Stoneman) were the parents of
Eldred George, a carpenter, who married Lydia Butler, daughter
of Matilda Knight (died 1912) of Quidi Vidi and John Butler
(died 1906) of St. John's".

Now, if you have all that straight:

"Eldred and Lydia's son Stanley Chancey, born 1887... was
until his death on October 30, 1981, the oldest member of the
Congregation. His brother Mr. Lloyd Knight Chancey (married Evelyn
Mills) was department head at Bowring's Esquire Department for
many years. His sisters the misses Blanche, Aimee and Elsie Chancey
... were for fifty years the custodians of the 'Quidi Vidi Bible'
presented to Matilda Knight Butler*. Miss Elsie Chancey
still lives on Campbell Avenue. She and a cousin Ethel are the oldest
living members of the Chancey family. The Bible is now in the
possession of Miss Elsie's nephew Mr. Fred Chancey and his
wife Betty..." *Endnote here: "Members of the
Congregational, Wesleyan and Church of England churches worshipped in
the little church at Quidi Vidi (the facade of which has been
preserved). When the Congregational Church was disbanded there, their
Bible was presented to Matilda Knight (married John Butler)
as she was the only one living connected with the church and her
deceased brothers had been lay readers. Matilda was orphaned at eight
and went to live with her oldest brother at Quidi Vidi..."
history of St. John's familes by Margaret Mullins (1989), "And
They Stayed",

1753 From :"Soe longe as
there comes no women" by W. Gordon
Handcock: "In the settlement of English Harbour... the 1753
census listed six planter families... by 1801 only three surnames (Batson,
Jones, and Pottle) were retained... Bugden,
Kember, Miller, and Sweetland had married
Batson females..." Barbara Pederson

1753 I have been
researching my maternal grandmother's family for the last few years
and the earliest ancestor I have been able to produce is a Thomas
DeGrish of Trinity West, Newfoundland, on
the 1753 census. The DeGrish name apparently was originally DeGruchy
or DeGruchey and the family came to Newfoundland from the Channel
Islands. I discovered a Thomas Gruchy and
a Thomas DeGruchy
mentioned in your notes from Jersey and wondered if this was the
connection for which I have been searching ? Any information on the
DeGruchy family from Jersey would be appreciated. I intend to visit
the Channel Islands sometime in the next few years and would like to
do more research. Thank you, Lynne (Leard-Ritchie-Gillis-DeGrish) jellybean@bc.sympatico.ca

1753 Does anyone have a
relative named Elizabeth born
1743 Island of Jersey. I'm having trouble finding Surname. She
married James Townsend
(the Pioneer) who was with the 45th Royal Foot. James was born in
Greenwich and was sent to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia when the fort was
taken, and they settled there. All their children were born in
Louisbourg."In the Settlement of English Harbour." I'm sure
you already know that English Harbour was (Louisbourg). There is a
census mentioned also. Do you know how much info is included in this
and where it might be accessed? Perhaps my Elizabeth came with her
family as Planters and married James after he was discharged at
Louisbourg. She would have been 10 yrs. old in 1753. Her family were
staunch Anglicans from Jersey. What are the odds of them getting
together over there...him from Greenwich and in the military, and she
from Jersey? If someone knows of this lady, I would appreciate any
info. Thanks Beatrice (Ontario) <susin@mail.on.rogers.wave.ca>

1755 Elizabeth Knight's father gave her plantation
332 in Carbonear. By 1807 it was occupied by Linthorne
and Warne. "1755 co 199/18 Eliz father gave her plant 332
in carb. by 1807- occupied by Linthorne and warne" Keith
Mathew's Collection

1755 "Elizabeth
Knight, of Carbonear, 1755 property
"in possession of the Family for upwards of 80 years", that
is, before 1675;"From
E.R. Seary's "Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland":
Barbara Pederson

Hello--Would like to know if anyone has come across
any Noftal and Butt
families while searching Channel Island records. These families were
associated with Newfoundland. Peter Noftal
is supposed to have been from the Channel Islands and settled in
Newfoundland. An Elizabeth (Butt) Knight sailed
from the Channel Islands in 1755 to Newfoundland to inherit
property. Thanks MaryAnn MAnkiewicz@aol.com

1755 "We watched a 50-minute film that my brother
in St. John's sent her, on library loan. It happened to be a
documentary on Poole-Nfld. connections in the past 250 years. It
briefly showed St. James' Church in Poole in which there are
memorials to some of their 18th century captains. And who do you
think I'm going to mention? None other than "Sir John Lester
Knight"!! Is this new to you -- I'm almost afraid to get excited
becuase you might come back and say you knew about him all the
time... I got Mom to stop the tape a few times until I got it right.
It showed the inscription in memory of: Sir John Lester Knight died
the 12th day of January, 1805 age 50 years. Barbhara Pederson

1757"The
specific origins of many Trinity families are disclosed in parish
records, wills and other documents." Two of the families
mentioned here "from the Poole-Christchurch-Ringwood-Wareham
areas..." are Batstone and
Strong. During
the period 1757-1801, at Trinity, Nfld., "...Besston
(modern Batson and Batstone)
took the marriage vows in 10 unions". From "The
Story of Trinity" by Gordon Handcock:
Barbara Pederson

1758Mary
Besstone (1758) and Martha
Besstone (1762) were among the
"females recorded in the first ten years (1757-1766) of the
surviving Trinity marriage registers..." From
"The Story of Trinity" by Gordon Handcock: Barbara
Pederson

1759 birth year of "At Brigus, Conception Bay - Robert
Knight; died 13 July 1811; age 52 years 4 months. "tombstone
inscriptions David Wells davewells19@hotmail.com This date is
disputed by Bonell

1760 "About the year 1760, one, Scott, with
another shipmaster and a strong crew, went from St. John's to the Bay
of Exploits, which was known to be much frequented by the Indians,
during the summer season. Scott and his party having landed at the
mouth of the bay, built there a place of residence, in the manner of
a fort. Some days afterwards, a large party of Indians appeared in
sight, and made a full stop, none of them showing the least
inclination to approach nearer. Scott then proposed to the other
shipmaster to go among them; the latter advised to go armed. Scott
opposed it on the ground that it might create alarm. They proceeded
towards the Indians with part of their crew without arms. Scott went
up to them with every sign of amity, that he could imagine, aud mixed
with them, taking several of them, one after another by the hands. An
old man, in pretended friendship, put his arms around his neck; at
the same instant, another stabbed Scott in the back. The war-whoop
resounded, a shower of arrows fell upon the English which killed the
other shipmaster and four of his companions. The rest of the party
then hastened to their vessels and returned to St. John's, carrying
one of those who had been killed with the arrows sticking in his
body." (Anspach.)

According to Mr. Thos. Peyton, who had the story from
one, Henry Rowsell, of Hall's Bay, -- "The first five men who
attempted to make a settlement in that bay, were all killed by the
Indians. A crew went up from Twillingate shortly afterwards, and
found the bodies of those unfortunates, with their heads cut off and
stuck on poles."

The above instances, if true, would seem to prove that
the Indians were really of a very sanguinary disposition, but this is
not borne out by other accounts, notably by Whitbourne's. There are
some instances of individuals being killed by them, but it always
appears to have been in retaliation for brutal murders committed upon
them by the whites. On the other hand, there are numerous cases in
which they could have wreaked vengeance upon their oppressors which
they did not avail themselves of. Once an old Micmac remarked to me,
"Red Injun not bad man, if he mind to he could kill every
fisherman without letting himself be seen at all." There are no
instances of their ever having attacked a white settlement, or of
revenging themselves upon those who did not molest them. http://www.mun.ca/rels/native/beothuk/beo2gifs/texts/howley18.html#page27

1760 "my GGG Grandfather, George Vey b. 1760 ,and his
nephew Thomas Vey b. 1760. They were from West Lulworth,
Dorset. I believe they left from Poole and arrived somewhere in
Conception Bay, Newfoundland in the year 1784. I am wondering whether
they could have come out with Slade and Co. My GGG Grandfather, George
Vey was a carpenter and his nephew was a shipbuilder or
shipwright. My GGG Grandfather settled in Port-de-Grave." Liz
Runacres Campbell River,B.C. runacres@online.bc.ca

1760 Fogo: "The first merchant was a member of a
large Poole family -- John Slade.
He arrived some time before 1760 and died in 1792. The Poole
merchant house of Slade and Company became the major commercial force
around N.D. Bay in the 1780s... While John Slade and Co. were the
largest merchants, there were several other merchants in Fogo at the
same time. Thomas Perkins
and Jeremiah Coghlan of
Bristol set up Perkins and Coghlan some time before 1764 and were
listed for Fogo in 1771. Coghlan... was in competition with the
Slades before going bankrupt in 1782... The Slade business split in
1792, when Thomas Slade
went into partnership with William Cox
of Poole -- a cousin. The Slades carried on a fair amount of business with
Hart and Eppes in
St. John's in the late 1700s, but were in competition with St.
John's and Harbour Grace merchants in the early 1800s and gradually
sold their companies to other merchants.
Charles Edmunds took over Thomas Slade's
role in 1848 and eventually sold out to William
Cox and Company which continued until 1860
when it was taken over by William Waterman.
The John Slade branch was bought out by John
Owen, and Owen and Earle
started a business in the late 1860s..." From "Decks
Awash" July/Aug. 1987 Barbara Pederson

1762 "From "The
Nfld. Ancestor", an article submitted by Margaret Mullins:
"In Volume 2 of the 'Book of Newfoundland' historian Le
Messitrier stated in 1936 that Bonnell
and Knight are
Channel Island names. The first Captain John Bonnell
of Cupids married Mary Knight
(born circa 1762)." Barbara Pederson

1762 "Henry
Batson of Wimbourn Minister, aged
seventy-one years in 1810, was nine years old when his father first
took him to Newfoundland, and George Short,
born in Hooke, Dorset, but examined at Wimbourn in 1762, testified
he went to sea first in service to 'Bernard Batson',
planter then resident in Newfoundland'." From "Soe longe
as there comes no women" by W. Gordon Handcock: "Barbara
Pederson.

Chevalier of this period removed from Gaspe to Labrador The Quiet
Adventures in Canada, CS 89 A2 T6, NEHGS

1765 "A note on the ships" "The schooner 'Hope' was
bought at Portsmouth by Lord Colville in 1765. She was a small vessel
of 105 tons and carried a complement of 30 men. The length of her
keel was 45 feet 5 inches, her breadth 20 feet 2 inches, her depth 8
feet 4 inches. It is possible that she was the small trading vessel
of the same name in which the Moravian missionaries sailed to
Labrador in 1752. In 1779 she surrendered to an American
privateer." "Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador"
by A.M. Lysaght: Barbara Pederson

1768 "Many years before the formation of English
establishments at Labrador (such as Noble and Pinson's at Temple Bay
about 1768, Nicholas Darby's at Cape Charles in 1767, and
Cartwright's at the same place in 1770), the Newfoundland merchants
sent fishing ships to Labrador. " Prowse's History of NFLD http://www.cuff.com/prowse/page/598.htm

1769 Philip Messervy,
born Jersey married Suzanne Dennis,
and removed to Newfoundland. I recently obtained a photocopy
of a handwritten genealogy of a portion of the Messervey family of
Jersey and Newfoundland. Reference was made to a 'Genealogy de la
famille Messervy compiled 1889',while other references were made to a
Messervy Genealogy by Judge Messervy (1900?) of Waterloo, Ont., and a
Messervy Book by John A Messervy, ofCharlottetown, PEI. I'm looking
for details concerning Phillipe Messervy, de St. Sauveur, who
immigrated to St. George's Bay, Newfoundland in 1769 with his wife
Suzanne Dennis, daughter of John Dennis. A number of children
included Philip and it is he and his descendants I would appreciate
hearing about, my wife's grandfather being William James Messervey,
born Febryary 12, 1894 at Sandy Point, Nfld., who died in a mine
disaster at Sidney Mines, NS on January 3, 1911. Bob Giles bobgiles@jetstream.net

March 2, 1758 "April 27, 1991 Dear Mr. Cole, I was
interested to read in the February 1991 issue of The Greenwood Tree
among your research interests the mention of `the Poole-
Newfoundland- Quaker merchants'. I am afraid this was the first I had
heard of the Quaker connection, although I had heard of the Poole-
Newfoundland link. I say "afraid" because I am myself a
Quaker and have been researching for years, none too assiduously, my
Knight ancestors. Among them is a Stephen Knight who was born
2 March 1768 at Shaftsbury and died in 1813 (or thereabouts) in
Newfoundland. >From his will (copy at the Public Record Office,
Chancery Lane, London) it seems he married an Ann March,
probably in Newfoundland, and they had at least one child - a
daughter also called Ann. At the time the will was made, `this
twenty- fourth day of the second month called ffebruary' (still signs
of his Quaker origins) 1812, the daughter appears to have been in
England. There were legacies to his brothers, including my great-
great- grandfather Jeremiah, of amounts which must have seemed
large to them: Stephen seems to have been quite successful. I
have traced Stephen's father and grandfather (but not where
the latter came from) but I would dearly like to know more about
Stephen and his family in Newfoundland (wife and children)- also
about the Quaker connections with Newfoundland. I wonder if you can
give me any information or tell me where I can find it? I should be
most grateful for any help. Howard M. Knight 327 Nore Road,
Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8EN, U. K.

1770 " I am a direct descendent of Henri Poingdestre who
supposedly was the 2nd son of the seigneur d'Annaville (info.
from late Keith Matthews). Henri settled in Northern Bay, NF around
1770. If anyone could point me to finding out about him or provide
additional info on the Puddester family in Newfoundland, I
would be thrilled. I'm willing to share my Puddester family info.
Gillian Noonan gillian.noonan@nf.sympatico.ca

1770 "My ancestors are from Trinity Bay and the first (recorded)
appearance was around 1770. This was a Stephen Hookey from
Christchurch, Hants (Hampshire), England. I have since found many
Hookey's who were in the New England States as early as the 1630's. I
am trying to make a connection. I know there was a great deal of
trade between Newfoundland and New England prior to the American
Revolution. There is something strange about Stephen Hookey. He was
about forty when he came to Newfoundland. He married a young
Bonaventure girl and they had nine children but there is a period
between 1777 and 1792 when they all seem to disappear. In 1792, they
appear again in the church records when some of the children are
being baptized. These children are old (i.e. sixteen and eighteen).
From that time on, everything seems normal - usual marriages, births,
deaths, etc. Anyway, I would appreciated any information which you
may have regarding the surname Hookey. Thank you, Pat Morris glen.morris@sympatico.ca

1771 DAWSON,
a surname of England, Ireland and Scotland - son of Dawe or
David...Traced by Guppy mostly in Cumberland and Westmorland, Durham
and Yorkshire, and in Stirlingshire; by McLysaght in Cos. Monaghan
and Tipperary since the mid-17th century. Early instances: Thomas,
merchant of Harbour Grace, 1771;"The
Irish in Newfoundland 1623-1800" by Michael J. McCarthy (1982):
Barbara Pederson

1772 "I have been researching the Rolls Family name a
little over a year. Our history takes us back to a Richard Rolls
b. 1772, married to a Mary Durdle b.1780, at Bonavista. I am
having trouble finding Richards Family and link back to England. I
have found a listing of a Samuel Rolls, who bought a Fishing
Room from a White in Greenspond, with the Benj. Lester
name included. I dont know if Samuel is related to my family.
Original Rolls family was from Bonavista, my part moved to Newman's
Cove sometime in the 1800's. Dad and Mom ( nee Keats ) came
from Newman's Cove. Wifes family came from Red Cliff ( Quintons ),
and Charleston ( Gould ). Any help you can give me would be greatly
appreciated. Bert Rolls Clinton, New Jersey music4b@webtv.net

1772 "Since my 3x grat grandfather settled in Ochre Pit Cove in
1772, and ALL my father's side of the family lived in that area, my
research is concentrated there. In addition to Halfyard, other names
that I am researching are : Bishop, Carnell, Jacobs, Garland, Youngs,
in the direct line & of course, many other names come in when you
add in the families of aunts & uncles including Penn(e)y;
Parsons, Crummey, White, Dwyer. and many more. Some of the relatives
went to the "Boston States" & the earliest that I can
determine is 1892. Bob Halfyard rhalfyard@sympatico.ca

1774 Joanna Vinsen,
of Bay de Verde, 1774;"Family Names of
the Island of Newfoundland" by E.R. Seary /Barbara Pederson

1775 Early instances: John ? Bejan,
of St. John's, 1775; "Family Names of
the Island of Newfoundland" (1980) by E.R. Seary

Sep.12,1775  A terrific storm occurred on
September 12th. The sea suddenly rose twenty feet, causing much
damage to premises and shipping in Conception Bay. Over three hundred
lives were lost at Northern Bay. Henry Knight
carrying on the whale fishery, saved his vessel anchored right under
Harbour Rock Hill, Carbonear." Noted here: Northern Bay is an
outport on the western shore of Conception Bay about 30 km north
northeast of Harbour Grace. " William
Azuriach Munn notes the 1775 storm in his serialized history of
Harbour Grace: from Barbara Pederson read in "The Newfoudland
> Ancestor", Fall 1996:

1776 (6.) Michael Knight Sr., born 1776. notes
by Robert Knight

1776 "In General Protestant Cemetery see Knight
walled plot with monument to the above
(Captain William) and headstone to Michael
Knight Sr., his father born 1776. (Direct
ancestors of William Clancy Knight.)"
Bety Knight via Barbara Pederson

1776 "Searching the family name Murphy.
What I have is a Great+++Grandfather John Murphy
abt 1776-1857 .that I believe left Waterford, Ireland and went to
Catalina,Newfoundland. First wife Mary Snellgrove.
abt 1791 to April 22, 1829. I believe they had three son John
Murphy 1820-September 11, 1891,
James Murphy 1822-November 26, 1870 and Edward
Murphy 1827-May 03, 1890 all I am
told are buried in Catalinia. John (abt 1776-1857 .) had a second
wife Ellen Walsh
1812-March 31, 1884 her children Michael born
abt1833,Mary born
abt1842 and Margaret 1846.
I am assuming that these children are from the marriage of John
(abt 1776-1857 .)and Ellen
Walsh. Anybody with matching information
or suggestions on the best way to prove my information would be
appreciated I can be reached at rjmurphy@esinet.net
Thank you Rob Murphy

1778 Thirteen hundred men in this year left the
Channel Islands for the summer to Fish on the Grand Banks, and to do
other work in the Maritimes.

1780 Noble [i[v.]i] Kennoway.--The case of Noble
et.al. [i[v]i]. Kennoway, an action on a policy of insurance,
tried before Lord Mansfield in 1780, arose out of the capture
of Noble and Pinson's vessels, [i[Hope]i] and
[i[Anne]i], on a fishing voyage from Dartmouth and Water- ford to Temple
Bay, Labrador; On the 13th of August the American privateer
[i[Minerva]i] captured both vessels. Noble and Pinson's
master, Astwick, said there were no settle- ments at Labrador
but those belonging to the plaintiffs. This was not correct, as Cartwright
and Darby had a fishing establishment at Cape Charles,
begnning 1767. French, Newman, and Hunter were
called to prove the practice of the Labrador trade. In his judgment, Lord
Mansfield said, "Since the Treaty of Paris (1763) a new
trade has been opened to Labrador." Prowse's
History of NFLD http://www.cuff.com/prowse/page/598.htm

1780 "I am told I am a descendant of: LeChene,
James & Philip, who escaped the French Revolution in St.Malo,
France to Grand, Jersey Islands - I assume somewhere around 1780.
>From there, on to Gaultois, Newfoundland, where they were
employed by the Newman Hunt Company as fishermen. The name was
gradually changed to LeShane (amongst other spellings) and
ended up as SHANO. There are still, I believe, LeShane's
about. If anyone has information, I would appreciate hearing from
you. Dave Shano Combermere, Ontario, Canada micdav@mv.igs.net

1780 In the year 1780: "At Petty Harbour, Patrick
Dawson found out what it was like to have
a suspicious master. He saw a dog running across a flake [platform
for dryingcodfish] with a piece of beef in its mouth. He took the
meat from the dog and was carrying it back to the cook room when his
master, John Nagle,
accused him of stealing it and dismissed him from his service
without pay. Nagle was
ordered to take Dawson
back and pay him his wages.">From
"The Irish in Newfoundland 1623-1800" by Michael J.
McCarthy (1982): Barbara Pederson

1780 The first recorded Picco
in Newfoundland was Elias Picco
in 1780, he reportly was born in 1755 in either Jersey or Portugal
Cove, Newfoundland. Elias had a brother Roger
Picco. We believe we are descendants of
the Picot's (pronounced in typical french without the "T",
the same way we Picco's pronounce it today. I am trying to find the
link between Elias / Roger Picco
and the Picot's of Trinity Parish. I am also researching the Picco
family of Portugal Cove in Newfoundland. Any assistance would be
appreciated. Kevin Picco kevin.picco@amd.con

1780 Birth year of Charles
Batstone, 1780- June 7,1862, brother of Robert
Batstone, both from Caemorvon, Whales,
later to marry Maria
?. Mark Patterson tree. markp@istar.ca

1780 "John Partridge
b c1780 Eng & Sarah Cockbill.
From England 1810 to St. John's as Master Carpenter for the 98th
regiment. John (Royal Engineer Brit.) bur April 1822 Ang Cemetery St.
John's. Children: George
1809 London ENG born St. John's NF: Sarah Hewson
b c1811 Mary Ann b
c1814 Horatio Joseph
1816; William Smallbones
1818; After John's death in 1822, Sarah and children returned to
England, with the exception maybe of George and any unknown children. Mary
Croft - Ottawa, ON Canada mcroft@igs.nethttp://www.ott.igs.net/~mcroft/surnames/index.htm

Sept. 21,1781 "Rear Admirals
Super Annuated upon half pay 17s 6d a day. Rich.
Knight; John Knight.
The Captains and dates of Comm. from which they take their pay; John
Knight Sept. 21,1781" The
London Calander and city register for England Scotland, Ireland,
& America 1784, 18th Century Manuscripts, Boston Public Lib.

JOHN CREETCH CASTLETOWN 1781

To the Revs Chas. Crebbin and Wm. Clucasvicars General
of the Diocese of

Sodorand Mann.

The Humble Petition of Alice Creetch of Castletown -

Sheweth

That your Petr. had a son, a seaman, one John Creetch
who was

impressedinto his Majesties Service on Board his
Majesties ship the

(sic) Salisbury,Captain John Knight Commander.

That lately your Petr. has received a letter from a
friend of hers on

Boardsaid ship of War, that her said son was killed in
an Action with an

enemyto the British Flag in Chesepeake Bay as per said
Letter dated 24th

December1781 appears at Large - Thus your Petr. in
Order to receive his

wages and prize money is constrained to apply to your
reverences for an

(Widow) soleAdministratrix of all his Goods, Chattels,
Rights, Credits

and Effects ofwhat kind or nature soever. Whereupon
she is sworn well

and truly to Administerthe same - and to pay all her
Intestate's just

Debts so far forth as thesaid Goods, Chattels and
Effects will extend

and the Law shall bind herto return a true and perfect
Inventory to the

Registry when "hereunto required.And to these
Ends hath given Pledges in

form of Law namely John Cubbon ofMalew and Henry
Fargher of Douglas.

Decretum est.

Wm. Clucas

Sent in by Roslyn Selwood

Taken from

wills GL 721

JOHN CREETCH Castletown 1781

Letter to John Creetch's family who lived in Castletown.

Shrewsbury lying in Barbadoes. December 24th 1781

Master Creetch this come with my best respects to you
hoping these few

lineswill find you in good health as I am at present
thanks be to god

for itI am sorry to acquaint you of an Engagement we
had of Chesapeak

bay in americabetween the English and trench fleet our
English fleet but

consisting ofnineteen ships of battle and they trench
fleet consisting

of twenty fourShips of battle we engaged each other
for the space of two

hours till ourrigging was all shot away, and sixty
four of our men

killed and wounded,out of them there was fourteen
killed dead, and

several of the rest diedof their wounds, one of which
was your son John

Creetch of a wound he receivedin his brest and his
right arm shots off

died three days after the Engagementand at that time
he had two years

pay due to him and some prize money whichwould be of
great service to

you in your old days if you could get somegood friend
to look after it

for you this Ships name is the Shrewsbury Mounting74
Guns at Present

Commanded by Captain John Knight but at that time
itwas Captain Mark

Robinson where his leg was shot off and our first lieutenantkilled

Please to Remember me to your Daughters and to John
Gordon an JohnKelley

living on the bowling Green So no more at Present from
Robert Callywho

was servant at Mr. Tugmans and sailed with Wm. Lawson
in the smack inMr.

Tummans Employ. Found at an Isle of Man site at:

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/famhist/v12n4.htm

1782 Birth year of Rachel
?, Later to marry James Knight.

April 9, 1782 Barfleur Sir S. Hood, Bart 90 guns- 767
- K10 W-27 Captain Knight.
Description of the battle the 9th and 12th of April 1782, fought
between the British Squadron commanded by Sir. George
Brydges Rodney Ant The French Squadron by Count
De Grasse. Boston
Public Lib., 18th Century Manuscripts. item 25 , .E34X, Reel 6478

Latter 18th centuury "Also, from "The Nfld.
Ancestor", Fall, 1993: An article quotes E.J.
Pratt: "My mother was the daughter of Captain
Wm. Knight whose ancestry went back
several generations of Newfoundland sailors to (I think) Devonshire.
But as hazy origins smoke up nationalities I can only say or suggest
Devonshire, certainly English not Welsh or Scotch or Assyrian."
The writer of the article, David G. Pitt,
says: "His surmise, I found, contains an element of truth: both
the Knights and
the Pittses (Captain
Knight had married a Pitts)
were of West Country stock. The former had come to St. John's in the
latter half of the eighteenth century..." And, "...William
Knight, Jr., now deceased though not long
since, a grandson of Captain Knight..."
Barbara Pederson

Thought the following one interesting -- a few years
ago I found an old

notebook of my g-grandfather's, inside of which was
part of a torn envelope

with the name and return address of a (Mrs.) Capt.
Pitts, the address being

some city in New Zealand. (I still have it somewhere -
just the envelope

corner.) There were no Pitt relatives in our family
and this is the first

time I've seen the name since, and didn't know who
they were. Wonder if

they have any connection to the Pitt(s)/Knight --
Charlotte was it? Maybe! I

BETCHA!

"Some of Grandma's sisters left Newfoundland,
Jane and [an] Englishman named

Henry Rittman went to live in England, another
Caroline went over to visit

her sister Jane, fell in love with the captain of the
vessel, Captain John

Pitt, married him and went to live in New Zealand.
Julia married John

Stephens and went to Michigan, U.S.A. I think she
lived later in New Jersey

as Kit Batstone has a photograph of the wedding of one
of her daughters and

has corresponded with some of the family in New
Jersey." Barbara Pederson

1783 "Interested in Hilliers of Newfoundland and connection to
England - in particular a John Hillier b.1783 or ?possible
younger brother Charles." Keith Hillier the.hilliers@nf.sympatico.ca

1783 "Over the period 1783-92... Others such as Forsythe,
Guy, Peyton and Rowsell...
delivered items such as furs, salmon, seal skins, or seal oil for
bills of exchange and purchased supplies by bills." "...in
some regions such as Notre Dame Bay, along the coast of Labrador, and
the west coast of Newfoundland... some small groups of early settlers
obtained their livelihood as salmoniers and furriers. These pioneers
weired the spawning rivers in spring and ran fur traplines into the
interior river basins during the fall and winter. Most of these are
identified in various mercantile papers. Some of the prominent
surnames of furriers-salmoniers in their respective regions include Brake
(Bay of Islands); Gillingham,
Hodder (Gander Bay); Peyton,
Miller (Exploits River); and Rowsell
(Hall's Bay)." From "Soe longe
as there comes no women" by W. Gordon Handcock": Barbara
Pederson

Slade & Co of Fogo and Twilingate MG 460 Box 2 PRO Archives at
St. John

In the begining he states "Slade's Mercantile
Records, newfoundland

Archives, record that a John and Joseph Vincent were
"servant" fishermen at

Twillingate-- John for the years 1786 to 1792 and
Joseph, for the years

1792 and 1792. In both cases John and Joseph were
summer fishermen.

However the reords show taht a John Vincent was a
fisherman. "planter" at

Fogo, in 1808. This would seem to indicate that John
had take up pemanent

residence on the Island. John and Joseph may not have
come back and it is

very probable that Joseph may not have come back to
Newfoundland after the

summer of 1792. It is certain that he did not go to
Cape Island with John

since there are no references to him in any of the
Bonavista Bay records.

It is interesting to note that later, at Cape Island,
the name Joseph, was

given to one of the Vincent boys born in 1823.

I believe that the John and George Vincent of Cape
Island were the sons of

the John Vincent of Twillingate and Fogo and that they
came to Cape ISland

around 1810, by way of Greenspond. the english
business firm of Slade and

Co. had branch operations in both Fogo and Greenspond
and there would have

been frequent communications between the two
communities." "Vincent Families of Cape Island" by
Clifford Andrews, (I am in the book). Then he goes on to document the
decendants of John of Cape Island and George of Coblars Island. If
you would like more information on them let me know. Cyndi Beales-Alcock kckl@thezone.net
Bonavista Bay names-- Vincent, Rid(e)out, Loveless/Lovelace, Kelloway
(and various spellings), Hiscock, and House

1786 "The marriage of John Knight to Elizabeth Bully
in 1786 is intriguing. Stephen seems to have had a step-brother John
who must have been born in the early 1750s. I had thought that the
marriage of a John Knight in Shaftesbury in 1778 was possibly
his. Of course he might have remarried in 1786. If the Elizabeth Bully
was a member of the family of the Samuel Bulley who was
Stephen's partner it might be tempting to think that the two (or
three) John Knights were the same person." Howard M.
Knight marriage@one-name.org

Sept. 1787 The harbour Grace Minute Book
records Eleanor Knight. Her servant Pat Cockran claimed
she had not settled with him for last years voyage. He (judge ?)
offered them but a few shillings ommited. He paid. ? "1787 sep
hg minute bk eleanor. her svt pat cockran said has not settled with
him for last year voyage. he offered them but a few shilling omitted.
he paid." Keith Mathews collection

1787 William R. Vincent born in North Devon/Devonshire
district of England married Mary Adams, born 1767, immilgrated to
Prince Edward Island in 1774 from the USA. Their son Robert
Vincent born 1807 and was still alive at the census on 1870 and
living in the household of Alfred Moreshead of Lot 7, and who married
Jennifer Haywood. Their son William Vincent, born 1839 in West
Devon (Lot 9) died 1885 in a lumber mill accident and he
married October 15, 1862 Elizabeth Moreshead, born May 30, 1845 in
Newfoundland, died 1931.
Anything of interest here? Anna MacDonald

1788 "Knight's Cove: "Established as a
Church of England and Roman Catholic community sometime before 1836,
Knight's Cove may have inherited its name from that of the Reverend
Richard Knight, D.D. (1788-1860), a much
loved resident of Bonavista in the years before 1820. There is,
however, a more colorful local tradition attributing the name to a
corruption of 'Night's Cove'. According to a local story, merchants
doing business in neighbouring Stock Cove found the attractions of
Knight's Cove more welcome for a night's stopover."
("Deck's Awash", Mar./Apr. '84) Barbara Pederson

1788 "Rev. Richard Knight,
DD (1788-1860) - another of the earliest Methodist ministers. Served
NFLD, NS, NB. Don't know that he had siblings in Canada, but he had
well-known descendants, including the poet Matthew Richey Knight,
who was a grandson." From: wdandmeh@nbnet.nb.ca
To: Jan Heiling <rheil@pacific.net>

1789 "As I mentioned, I have no lineage for any Knights
other than that reputedly on a card written last century from the
Isle of Jersey to Alfred Erling King (my NF relative as noted
below), signed "your cousin C. Knight", in which
card it is stated about my NF Kings: "The Kings were Jersey
men". The same card refers to "Uncle John", "Aunt
Fanny", and "Grandfather Knight". I need to get a copy
of the card for both of us if possible -- there may be more to it to
decipher. Uncle John and Aunt Fanny could be King, Squires, or Knight
from what I know, though John Howard Stover (he is in the tree
below & he relayed the above info to me -- he has the
"card") has speculated that John and Fanny were siblings of
my William King --William shows up in the tree below as
married to Maria Squires. Stover believes William King to be
the son or grandson of one of four brothers who bought a fish
processing plant at Broad Cove in 1789 -- Broad Cove has been known
as St. Phillips since 1905. They operating the plant until 1823, at
which time all four were said to be alive according to records of the
Harbor Grace Surrogate Court. I have nothing to confirm Stover's
opinion on this however. All I can confirm on my King line is that
William King married Maria Squires in 1840 in St. John's Methodist
Church. Jim Gibbs JGibbs2540@aol.com

1789 " Norman's Cove, Trinity Bay: "James
Newhook built six schooners and a brig from 1827 to 1832. Born at
Trinity in 1789, [in another part it states born 1783], he had 21
children from two marriages. James and his brother Charles had a
shipyard at New Harbour, but they fell out and James moved to
Norman's Cove..." "The area's first settlers are said to
have been James Newhook and George Temple..." It goes on to say
"...sent from England to repair the boats at Trinity. He [James,
or George??] is said to have been one of the first settlers in the
early 1800s. He was listed as a planter in 1829, having pereviously
been at Selby Cove, Bay de Verde, in 1824." "Decks
Awash" Jan./Feb. 1990: (Am including the part about James
Newhook because of the Newhook connection to JCove -- I've been told
it's the same Newhooks but don't take it as gospel yet). Barbara Pederson

Templeman

A fishing community on the north side of Bonavista
Bay, just south of Cape Freels, since 1992 Templeman has been a part
of the expanded town of Wesleyville qv. The community (originally
known as Fox Cove) was settled in the 1870s by families from two
off-lying groups of islands: Bennett's Island (Greens
and Tuffs) and the
Cobbler Islands (Howells
and Vincents). As
was the case with nearby Newtown qv, the movement was probably
related to increased involvement in the Labrador fishery. Templeman
first appears in the Census in 1884, with
a population of 75, growing to 225 people by 1901. As the Labrador
fishery declined and finally collapsed in the 1920s and 1930s the
community contracted: from 51 families in 1921 to 55 people by 1971.
Since that time, however, Templeman has rebounded somewhat as a few
families from Wesleyville and area have built homes there. http://enl.cuff.nf.ca/entry/81/8151.htm

1789 Knight, Richard (1789-1860).
Missionary. Born Devonshire, England. After several years as a
Methodist local preacher, he was accepted as a candidate for
missionary work, ordained, and posted to Newfoundland in 1816.
Appointed to the Fortune Bay-Grand Bank mission, he subsequently
served the Methodist Church at Bonavista, Port de Grave,
Brigus-Cupids, and Blackhead. In the summer of 1825, as the Rev.
Thomas Hickson qv had done in 1824, Knight
spent several weeks on the coast of Labrador, ``preaching the gospel
among the fishermen and natives and ... making investigation
concerning the advisability of establishing a mission among the
Eskimos of Hamilton Inlet'' (Young). Transferred to the Maritime
Provinces in 1833, for the next 27 years Knight not only served, as
his biographer phrased it, ``our most important stations, and always
left his mark,'' but also ``filled with great credit ... the most
important offices of our Church'' (Huestis). He died suddenly at
Sheffield, New Brunswick, on May 23, 1860, in the forty-fourth year
of his ministry. http://enl.cuff.nf.ca/entry/53/5304.htm

April 20, 1789 Revd & Dear Sir I have to thank you
for your kind favours of 7th & 24th. May one via Trinity &
the other via Scotland both came to hand 4 days ago; I was realy glad
to hear of your Health & that you were got into the N. School
Room; but sorry you were so mush distressd on acct of the Debts wch.
you had Incurd for the Building the Winter & what I advised you
were unpaid in England Some time since my former Letter. I told you
that I had the Pleasure to meet Mr. Greatheed
in London, that He had paid off the outstanding Bill of £50 and
some how or other Providence has made up the £40 due Welsh
& Co. except 4.14.0 wch Mr. Brown
paid & wch. together with the order you gave him for £36 odd
is still to him & your order to pay me the amount of Stationary
last year remains unpaid.

This is how the accs. stands at present - Mr Browns
Vessel carried 11 Hhd. Lime & some hair wch. will be paid for,
out of the Money to be reced. for ams. of Bricks we sent you last
year but wch. went to Carolina - so that the whole Debt here will be
about £41 - due to Capt. Brown
- the Committee here have desired Mr. Welsh
to give you leave to Draw for £100 at full on Mesrs. Welsh
Rogers Olding & Co. bankers, London
wch. will meet due honor - & at fall you must send Mr. Greatheed,
Mr Geo Kemp, &
Mr. Brown, a
statement of all your Debts & a particular acct. of wch. is still
left unfinishd. of the Building and what it will cost to compleat it
(249) - and then say if there is any prospect of raising anything
more at St Johns toward discharging the same; and also that there is
any possibility of getting any Person at St. Johns to advance the
Money on Credt of the Premises &c -For further particulars I must
bg leave to refer you to Mr. Brown
who has more time & leisure than me to write you a long Letter.

Please to accept of a Cheese wch. I have sent by Capt.
Knight (250) as a token of my regard and
Esteem in which Mrs. C - desires to unite who with our little one are
very well & belive me Dr Sir

Your affectionate Friend

Thos. Crew Junr (Extract
of a letter from Mr Cr. Mends) Plymouth 20th April 1789 Notes
concerning the Dissenting Church of Christ at St. John's Newfoundland

June 26,1789 [103]

Dear Brother

This will inform you that thro risk & Grace I am
yet in the Land of the living in Health of Body and I hope sume
desire to the things of God, this I hope will find the my Dr Bror and
all the Church of God under thy care in a flourishing Condition both
as to your Body and above all as to Soul - and O that the God for
Jesus Christ sake may increase you with Grace and Men as a Flock, and
it is my poor Prayers daly that you may all live in Love, and that
the sweet and powerful love of Jesus may rest among you.

Mr. Welsh
has desired me to write to you, and to propose the followg things to
you with your Thoughts on the same, and answer in the fall, and it is
this. If you think a young Man to be an assistant to you of good
learning to assist in the School - and to Preach occas[ionally] in
case you other-wise than well,(262) as Life is uncertain and as you
begin to be infirm but Mr. Welshs desire
is to spread the & therefore if there is but one House in B.
Bulls, Torbay or Petty Hr. or any place near St. Johns so that the
young Man may attemp to spread the Name of Jesus(263) - Mr. Welsh
desires that all the Land may know &
Love the Lord so that it may be presarved. And as you have enough on
your hands already to employ you at St. Johns the Young Man may
assist you as you think proper - You may send him to some other
Harbour at your Pleasure -Mr. Welshs
view is that the Gospel may increase and that St. Johns may have a
full supply of when ever the Lord may take you to himself - but that
is uncertain, his desire and mine is that the Lord may spare you many
years and still continue to bless you, and make you blessing to
Saints & to Sinners - I told him your intentision in coming Home
if you could get another to supply your Place, but, that he hopes you
will never do, but that you will stay in Nfld & order &
assist Guide & Direct the Cause of God in the Strength of Christ
and by his Grace that God in all things may be glorifyd.

You will be so good as to give your Appinion
what it will pr year cost for his board in some good House or with
your self this good man is to be got now but should you want him or
some one some years hence you may not have such an oppy. I wd. wish
you to think of it but to be fully satisfyd in your own mind as I wd
not wish you to do any thing contray to you or the Churchs
inclination - the good Lord bless you & them - My Wife joins me
in love to you & them and begs an Interest in your Prayers -

Since writing the above I have had the pleasure
of receiving your two much esteemd Letters of May 9th & 25 and I
am glad to hear that the Work of the Lord is prospering in your hands
the good Lord increase it more and more. Capt
James Knight will bring your Eleven Hhds
Lime and Six Bags of Lime Hair wch I hope will come safe to hand
[104] also for your self one Cheese & a small Cask of Butter -
both of wch you will give me or for say Butter & Cheese at 4
pence pr 1b.

You say that you would be glad to see me at St. Johns
but to all appearance I shall be more serviseable to you here if the
Lord will permit in respect to your meeting House - I think if I had
your Letter before, I should be enabled to get you a Letter of Credit
by this conveyance, but I hope if not by this, some other soon.
Plaister the Meeting House in the inside and I believe that the Money
will be got, & if you cannot get that £12 no way else - you
will draw on me for it - Your M House owes no body any money but me,
- and I believe it is about £41 but my Dr Bror the Lord will
provide. In the fall you will be so good as to send home to Mr. Kemp
an acct. of what Money you will want to
compleat it to a Shilling if you can and this £41 to be included
of mine, and what it has cost already - and send me a copy of the
same if you Please or to Friend Crew, and if you should have orders
to draw, that Sum must be included of what will be needful to finish
the Building - since I wrote the above I have got a Letter of Credt
from Mr. Welsh by
the hands of Mr. Kemp,
and now my Dr Br. you will now go on and finish the House, and I
doubt not but the Lord will Provide for you in the Winter through the
hand of our Friend Mr. Greatheed

I hope you understand me in respect to your accs
in the fall I mean that my £41 and Mr. Welsh
£100 which you have liberty to Draw you will bring in as
Difficiences, and not as Debts, that if Mr. Welsh
of I or any of our Friends have accasion to beg, we may it as what
you want, and not as money to pay our selves this acco. is for the
Public and then you may send us what supparte accots yoou please that
will put things in a clear light - among our Friends here.

At the next Meeting of our Committee I intend to speak
about yr. M. House Writings and get them done, that you may have them
this year or next Spring that you may everything may be secure on
that Head. -

This will be handed you by Capt.
James Knight - shall conclude - earnestly
- begging an interest in the Prayers -

I remain your sincere Friend in the Gospel

Signd Jno Brown Poole
25th June 1789 Notes concerning the
Dissenting Church of Christ at St. John's Newfoundland

June 30,1789 (Note 250. 0) Captain
James Knight left Poole for Newfoundland
on June 28 1789 on the Hope. He also carried the lime on board (page
104). MHA, Lloyd's List, No. 2103, 30 June 1789.

Poole 18th August 1789

Dear Brother,

I hope ere now the Ketch is arrived Safe, and that you have your Lime
&c and at the time you receive this your M House will be
Plaisterd and warm for the Winter - and O may the Lord warm your
Souls - go on my Dr Br and Jesus smile on your Labours of Love my
sincere regard and and affection to Bror. Parker & Lang - Brace
& all the Church. May the good Lord be with you and all the Dear
Souls that Love Christ. Mrs. B. joins me in love to you and all
Church in St. Johns. Let me know as a Friend what you think of the
Capt. of the Hope and if he will do for our Interest - and the Nfd. Trade.

Have a photocopy of a letter to Richard Brace (Harbour Grace) from
E.M. Archibald (St. John's) regarding Richard's mortgage and his
request to have certain arrangements done with "the House in
Gower Street" with mention of the "Estate of Gushue",
nothing of any meaning there to me anyway, but interesting, if you're
interested sometime. BP

Late 1700's" good day to you

have you ever came across the names of jeffrey & annastasia
quilty power /who it shows came from newfoundland to herring cove
n.s. in the late 1700 to 1800 they are my ggggrandparents / and i
cannot find any info on them before they arrived in herring cove /
thank you betty-ann power arbour welland ont /from halifax" bettyannpower@hotmail.com